My imagination longs to dash ahead and plan developments; but I have noticed that when things happen in one's imagination, they never happen in one's life.
I suddenly knew that religion, God - something beyond everyday life - was there to be found, provided one is really willing. And I saw that though what I felt in the church was only imagination, it wa...
Father says hot water can be as stimulating as an alcoholic drink and though I never come by one...I can well believe it.
Truthfulness so often goes with ruthlessness.
The tea was a comfort - and by that time I more than needed comfort.
It isn't a bit of use my pretending I'm not crying, because I am... Pause to mop up. Better now.Perhaps it would really be rather dull to be married and settled for life. Liar! It would be heaven.
Certain unique books seem to be without forerunners or successors as far as their authors are concerned. Even though they may profoundly influence the work of other writers, for their creator they're...
And who says you always have to understand things? You can like them without understanding them -- like 'em better sometimes.
Oh, wise young judge.
It is odd how different a house feels when one is alone in it.
I wanted so terribly to be good to him.
I think it [religion] is an art, the greatest one; an extension of the communion all the other arts attempt.
How can a young man like to wear a beard?
When I read a book, I put in all the imagination I can, so that it is almost like writing the book as well as reading it - or rather, it is like living it. It makes reading so much more exciting
That little glow of comfort lasted me right through the evening but was gone when I woke up next morning. Wakings are the worst times--almost before my eyes are open a great weight seems to roll on to...
She is a famous artists' model who claims to have been christened Topaz - even if this is true there is no law to make a woman stick to a name like that.
Prayer's a very tricky business.
People do look different with their eyes closed, their features seem so much more sculptured.
Is that branch worrying you? Simon asked her. Would you like to change places? I hope you wouldn’t because your hair looks so nice against the leaves
Your pain and anger will pass, but the guilt would remain with you for always.