It has to be admitted that starving nations never seem to be quite so starving that they cannot afford to have far more expensive armaments than anyb… - T. H. White

There were thousands of brown books in leather bindings, some chained to the book-shelves and others propped against each other as if they had had too much to drink and did not really trust themselves. These gave out a smell of must and solid brownness which was most secure.

They made me see that the world was beautiful if you were beautiful, and that you couldn't get unless you gave. And you had to give without wanting to get.

The most difficult thing in the world is to know how to do a thing and to watch somebody else doing it wrong, without comment.