Guenever began to breathe through her nose. She was feeling as if there were two red thumbs behind her eyeballs, trying to push them out, and she did not want to look at him. She was trying not to mak...
But there was a time when each of us stood naked before the world, confronting life as a serious problem with which we were intimately and passionately concerned. There was a time when it was of vital...
When shall I be dead and rid Of all the wrong my father did? How long, how long 'till spade and hearse Put to sleep my mother's curse?
There is a thing called knowledge of the world, which people do not have until they are middle-aged. It is something which cannot be taught to younger people, because it is not logical and does not ob...
The best thing for being sad,’ replied Merlyn, beginning to puff and blow, ‘is to learn something. That is the only thing that never fails. You may grow old and trembling in you anatomies, you may lie...
Thank God for the aged And for age itself, and illness and the grave. When we are old and ill, and particularly in the coffin, It is no trouble to behave.
But it seems, in tragedy, that innocence is not enough.
What a bursting heart of gratitude and triumph as the ravening monster slowly paced down the arm with gripping steps and pounced upon his breakfast! The rest of the day was a glow of pleasure, a kind...
War is like a fire, Agnes. One man may start it, but it will spread all over. It is not about any one thing in particular.
The Queen dried her tears and looked at him, smiling like a spring shower. In a minute they were kissing, feeling like the green earth refreshed by rain. They thought that they understood each other o...
It was called a tribute before a battle and a ransom afterwards.
It is generally the trustful and optimistic people who can afford to retreat. The loveless and faithless ones are compelled by their pessimism to attack.
I have been thinking, said Arthur, about Might and Right. I don’t think things ought to be done because you are able to do them. I think they should be done because you ought to do them.
When Other blood spurts from the knife, Then everything is fine.
Wars are never fought for one reason, he said. They are fought for dozens of reasons, in a muddle.
They killed
They did not look at these things as good or bad, exciting, rational or terrible. They did not look at them at all, but accepted them as Done.
The fortress was entered by tunnels in the rock, and, over the entrance to each tunnel, there was a notice which said: EVERYTHING NOT FORBIDDEN IS COMPULSORY
I never could stomach these nationalists,’ he exclaimed. ‘The destiny of Man is to unite, not to divide. If you keep on dividing you end up as a collection of monkeys throwing nuts at each other out o...
I know hardly anything about Galahad except that everybody dislikes him.Dislikes him?They complain about him being inhuman.Lancelot considered his cup.He is inhuman, he said at last. But why should he...
