Art, At Any Rate In A Novel,

Writers Do Not Find Subjects; Subjects Find Them.

The Craft Of The Novelist Does Lie First Of All In Story-telling.

...though One Can Be Callous In Ireland One Cannot Be Wholly Opaque Or Material. An Unearthly Disturbance Works In The Spirit; Reason Can Never Reconcile One To Life; Nothing Allays The Wants One Cannot Explain.

Disappointment Tears The Bearable Film Off Life.

Pity The Selfishness Of Lovers: It Is Brief, A Forlorn Hope; It Is Impossible.