"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…"

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

"The more complicated the life of a community or the more "advanced" the civilization, the more complicated, incessant…"

"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 …"