“It isn't possible to love and part. You will wish that it was. You can transmute love, ignore it, muddle it, but you can never pull it out of you. I know by experience that the poets are rig...”

“The four characteristics of humanism are curiosity, a free mind, belief in good taste, and belief in the human race.”

“Either life entails courage, or it ceases to be life.”

“Miss Abbott, don't worry over me. Some people are born not to do things. I'm one of them.”

“Mr. Herriton, don’t – please, Mr. Herriton – a dentist. His father’s a dentist.” Philip gave a cry of personal disgust and pain. He shuddered all over, and edged away from his companion. A d...”