Shipwreck in youth is sorrowful enough, but one looks for storms at the spring equinox. Yet it is the September equinox that drowns.

for ... austere and gracious allegory, as for so much of its mysticism and its chivalry, its ardours and its endurances, the world is in debt to Spain.

Truth has as many coats as an onion ... and each one of them hollow when you peel it off.

But what was the desire of the flesh beside the desire of the mind?

Being a sick man is like being a log caught in a stream, Gilles. All the straws gather around it.

The fastest and easiest way to accomplish any task is to do it with minimum breaks and pauses.

I’d rather go and make my own way than have it decided for me.

Any doctrine that makes the world your friend is not your friend.

The people are turbulent and changing; they seldom judge right or make good decision.

That is the nature of hope. We do all we can, and then the Lord stretches forth his hand and touches our lives with light and courage and, most of all, hope.

Urgh — essence of Millicent Bulstrode.

Succotash my cocker spaniel, you fudging crevasse-hole dipshiitake!

We approach markets backwards. The first thing we ask is not what can we make, but how much can we lose. We play a defensive game.

Love is the subtlest force in the world.

We must realize that the ministries and gifts of the Spirit are for everyday life, not just meetings.