“ Old Campion had once said he believed - he positively believed, with shudders - that Christopher desired to live in the spirit of Christ. That had seemed horrible to the general, but Mark did not see… Ford Madox Ford
“ He was grotesque, really. But joy radiated from his homespuns when you walked beside him. It welled out; it enveloped you. Ford Madox Ford
“ He was a successful general because he knew men. He knew that all men will go to hell over three things: alcohol, money . . . and sex. This fellow apparently hadn't. Better for him if he had! Ford Madox Ford
“ The handful of Germans who had reached the trench had been sacrificed for the stupid sort of fun called. Strategy, probably. Stupid! . . . It was, of course, just like German spools to go mining by ca… Ford Madox Ford
“ The exact eye: exact observation: it was a man's work. The onlywork for a man. Why then were artists soft: effeminate: not men at all:whilst the army officer, who had the inexact mind of the schooltea… Ford Madox Ford
“ He thought he suddenly understood. For the Lincon-shire sergeant-major the word Peace meant that a man could stand up on a hill. For him it meant someone to talk to. Ford Madox Ford
“ It's the quality of harmony, sir. The quality of being in harmony with you own soul. God having given you your own soul you are then in harmony with Heaven. Ford Madox Ford
“ He was in a beastly hole. But decency demanded that he shouldn't act in panic. He had a mechanical, normal panic that made him divest himself of money. Gentlemen don't earn money. Gentlemen, as a matt… Ford Madox Ford
“ Well, then, he ought to write her a letter. He ought to say: 'This is to tell you that I propose to live with you as soon as this show is over. You will be prepared immediately on cessation of active… Ford Madox Ford
“ The room where they were dancing was very dark.... It was queer to be in his arms.... She had known better dancers.... He had looked ill.... Perhaps he was.... Oh, poor Valentine-Elisabeth.... What a… Ford Madox Ford
“ You have to wait together - for a week, for a year, for a lifetime, before the final intimate conversation may be attained ... and exhausted. So that ... That in effect was love. Ford Madox Ford
