I have you for being normal, I hate you for it. You’re a normal human being. What right have you to that?

What's terrible is to pretend that second-rate is first-rate. To pretend that you don't need love when you do; or you like your work when you know quite well you're capable of better.

My father was in the First World War.

In university they don't tell you that the greater part of the law is learning to tolerate fools.

Things are not quite so simple always as black and white.

Any human anywhere will blossom in a hundred unexpected talents and capacities simply by being given the opportunity to do so.