All the great things are simple.

If the Almighty were to rebuild the world and asked me for advice, I would have English Channels round every country. And the atmosphere would be such that anything which attempted to fly would be set on fire.

Before the war it had seemed incredible that such terrors and slaughters, even if they began, could last more than a few months. After the first two years it was difficult to believe that they would ever end.

I feel devoutly thankful to have been born fond of writing.

The privilege of a university education is a great one; the more widely it is extended the better for any country.

It may well be that we shall by a process of sublime irony have reached a state in this story where safety will be the sturdy child of terror, and survival the twin brother of annihilation.

I am not invested with dictatorial powers. If I were, I should be quite ready to dictate.