The mere dates of my existence do not interest me, except in one connection. When the Great War started I was too old to be acceptable as a volunteer; when conscription followed I was too old to be conscripted.

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It was then, I think, that I discovered that the best way of bringing a...

It was then, I think, that I discovered that the best way of bringing a...

For the last half of my life I have had the doubtful benefit of a...

For the last half of my life I have had the doubtful benefit of a...

The modern form of things had begun to appeal to me, also (as material for...

The modern form of things had begun to appeal to me, also (as material for...

I believe absolutely in love being the central motive force of the universe.

I believe absolutely in love being the central motive force of the universe.

My brother used to say that I wrote faster than he could read. He wrote...

My brother used to say that I wrote faster than he could read. He wrote...

I have always been a writer of letters, and of long ones; so, when I...

I have always been a writer of letters, and of long ones; so, when I...

Life is the most versatile thing under the sun; and in the pursuit of life...

Life is the most versatile thing under the sun; and in the pursuit of life...

If I live for another ten years I shall probably have written all that I...

If I live for another ten years I shall probably have written all that I...

I still think that if the human race, or even one nation, could only get...

I still think that if the human race, or even one nation, could only get...

If I loved all the world as I do you, I shouldn't write books to...

If I loved all the world as I do you, I shouldn't write books to...

Suicide is possible, but not probable; hanging, I trust, is even more unlikely; for I...

Suicide is possible, but not probable; hanging, I trust, is even more unlikely; for I...

I was just then going through a healthy reaction from the orthodoxy of my youth;...

I was just then going through a healthy reaction from the orthodoxy of my youth;...

I had never thought of myself as a dramatist, and, for really good technical results,...

I had never thought of myself as a dramatist, and, for really good technical results,...

My best chance is that, in a happy moment, I hit upon St Francis as...

My best chance is that, in a happy moment, I hit upon St Francis as...

On that other novels followed: but I still wrote fairy tales and dreamy poems of...

On that other novels followed: but I still wrote fairy tales and dreamy poems of...

The man who bears my name, and who claims to be me, was born on...

The man who bears my name, and who claims to be me, was born on...

It is the sincerest thing I have written, caught by the drama of a soul...

It is the sincerest thing I have written, caught by the drama of a soul...

My failure, during the first five or six years of my art training, to get...

My failure, during the first five or six years of my art training, to get...

It is right and natural that generous minds while in the twenties should think the...

It is right and natural that generous minds while in the twenties should think the...

I shall not die young, for I am already near seventy: I may die old.

I shall not die young, for I am already near seventy: I may die old.