I devoured Gibbon. I rode triumphantly through it from end to end and enjoyed it all.

The only thing that ever really frightened me during the war was the U-boat peril.

At one side of the palette there is white, at the other black; and neither is ever used neat.

The United States is like a gigantic boiler. Once the fire is lit under it, there's no limit to the power it can generate.

I was shown a picture by Cézanne of a blank wall of a house, which he had made instinct with the most delicate lights and colours.

For the first time I heard shots fired in anger, heard bullets strike flesh or whistle through the air.

England has been offered a choice between war and shame. She has chosen shame and will get war.