Railway termini are our gates to the glorious and the unknown. Through them we pass out into adventure and sunshine, to them, alas! we return.

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Only a writer who has the sense of evil can make goodness readable.

Only a writer who has the sense of evil can make goodness readable.

I have only got down on to paper, really, three types of people: the person...

I have only got down on to paper, really, three types of people: the person...

I never could get on with representative individuals but people who existed on their own...

I never could get on with representative individuals but people who existed on their own...

I am so used to seeing the sort of play which deals with one man...

I am so used to seeing the sort of play which deals with one man...

I'm a holy man minus the holiness.

I'm a holy man minus the holiness.

The final test for a novel will be our affection for it, as it is...

The final test for a novel will be our affection for it, as it is...

Most quarrels are inevitable at the time; incredible afterwards.

Most quarrels are inevitable at the time; incredible afterwards.

Oxford is Oxford: not a mere receptacle for youth, like Cambridge. Perhaps it wants its...

Oxford is Oxford: not a mere receptacle for youth, like Cambridge. Perhaps it wants its...

History develops, art stands still.

History develops, art stands still.

Charm, in most men and nearly all women, is a decoration.

Charm, in most men and nearly all women, is a decoration.

Faith, to my mind, is a stiffening process, a sort of mental starch.

Faith, to my mind, is a stiffening process, a sort of mental starch.

Ideas are fatal to caste.

Ideas are fatal to caste.

No man can be an agnostic who has a sense of humour.

No man can be an agnostic who has a sense of humour.

Surely the only sound foundation for a civilization is a sound state of mind.

Surely the only sound foundation for a civilization is a sound state of mind.

I suggest that the only books that influence us are those for which we are...

I suggest that the only books that influence us are those for which we are...

America is rather like life. You can usually find in it what you look for....

America is rather like life. You can usually find in it what you look for....

Logic! Good gracious! What rubbish!

Logic! Good gracious! What rubbish!

Be soft, even if you stand to get squashed.

Be soft, even if you stand to get squashed.

How can I know what I think till I see what I say?

How can I know what I think till I see what I say?

We are all like Scheherazade's husband, in that we want to know what happens next.

We are all like Scheherazade's husband, in that we want to know what happens next.