Gossip ... Is Only Fiction Produced By

The Most Elementary Experience Of Life Proves That The Effects Of Compulsion Last Exactly As Long As The Physical Or Moral Club Can Be Applied.

There's No Healthy Life Possible Without Some Sensual Feeling Between The Husband And Wife, But There's Nothing In The World More Awful Than Married Life When It's The Only Common Ground.

The Richness And Endless Variety Of Human Relationships ... That's What Authors, Even The Finest And Greatest, Only Succeed In Hinting At. It's A Hopeless Business, Like Trying To Dip Up The Ocean With A Tea-spoon.

What Better Can Any Of Us Do Than To Reach For Our Own Stars ... And Know Which They Are?

Perhaps All This Modern Ferment Of What's Known As 'social Conscience' Or 'civic Responsibility' Isn't A Result Of The Sense Of Duty, But Of The Old, Old Craving For Beauty.