One's Favorite Book Is As Elusive As

I Have Said That Each Aspect Of The Novel Demands A Different Quality Of The Reader. Well, The Prophetic Aspect Demands Two Qualities: Humility And The Suspension Of The Sense Of Humour.

One Always Tends To Overpraise A Long Book, Because One Has Got Through It.

The Sadness Of The Incomplete, The Sadness That Is Often Life, But Should Never Be Art.

As Her Time In Florence Drew To A Close She Was Only At Ease Amongst Those To Whom She Felt Indifferent.

The Final Test For A Novel Will Be Our Affection For It, As It Is The Test Of Our Friends, And Of Anything Else Which We Cannot Define.