Henry Colbert, the miller, always breakfasted with his wife--beyond that he appeared irregularly at the family table.

Desire is creation, is the magical element in that process. If there were an instrument by which to measure desire, one could foretell achievement.

If we never arrived anywhere, it did not matter. Between that earth and that sky i felt erased, blotted out. I did not say my prayers that night: here, i felt what would be would be.

It's all very well to tell us to forgive our enemies; our enemies can never hurt us very much. But oh, what about forgiving our friends?

A watch is the most essential part of a lecture.

I tell you there is such a thing as creative hate.

This land was an enigma. It was like a horse that no one knows how to break to harness, that runs wild and kicks things to pieces.