"There is nothing to be said except about the sheer waste and futility of it all. It is the war all over again, when o…"

"Nothing matters, and everything matters."

"Anyone can be a barbarian; it requires a terrible effort to be or remain a civilized man."

"The barbarian is...not only at our gates; he is always within the walls of our civilization, inside our minds and our…"

"Novels by serious writers of genius often eventually become best-sellers, but most contemporary best-sellers are writ…"

"One of the most horrible things at that time was to listen on the wireless to the speeches of Hitler, the savage and …"

"When you know a person particularly well, you cannot escape their ruffled feelings."

"Darkness began to drink up the last cold light upon the mountainside."

"There are two ways of meeting difficulties: you alter the difficulties, or you alter yourself to meet them."

"In my early life, and probably even today, it is not sufficiently understood that a child's education should include …"