He found that it was easy to make a heroic gesture, but hard to abide by its results.

Imagination grows by exercise.

The crown of literature is poetry.

Sometimes a man hits upon a place to which he mysteriously feels that he belongs.

We do not write as we want, but as we can.

Beauty is an ecstasy; it is as simple as hunger. There is really nothing to be said about it. It is like the perfume of a rose: you can smell it and that is all.

For my part I cannot believe in a God who is angry with me because I do not believe in him. I cannot believe in a God who is less tolerant than I. I cannot believe in a God who has neither humour nor common sense.