Clear, unscaleable ahead, Rise the mountains of instead From whose cold, cascading streams None may drink except in dreams

And make us as Newton was, who in his garden watching The apple falling towards England, became aware Between himself and her of an eternal tie.

All wishes, whatever their apparent content, have the same and unvarying meaning: "I refuse to be what I am."

Thank God for books as an alternative to conversation.

Who on earth invented the silly convention that it is boring or impolite to talk shop? Nothing is more interesting to listen to, especially if the shop is not one's own.

Words have no word for words that are not true.

To be happy means to be free, not from pain or fear, but from care or anxiety.