Couldn't a fire outrun a galloping horse?

The skull regarded Ralph like one who knows all the answers and won't tell.

I believe man suffers from an appalling ignorance of his own nature. I produce my own view in the belief that it may be something like the truth.

The candle-buds opened their wide white flowers....Their scent spilled out into the air and took possession of the island.

Honestly, I haven't the time to read contemporary writers. I know this is awful, but in the main it is true.

No human endeavour can ever be wholly good... it must always have a cost.

We just got to go on, that's all. That's what grownups would do.