No amount of skill on the part of the actress can make up for the loss of youth.

I have not seen anyone with her combination of athleticism, skill and size. That's why she draws all the defensive attention.

There is all the difference in the world between departure from recognised rules by one who has learned to obey them, and neglect of them through want of training or want of skill or want of understanding. Before you can be eccentric you must know where the circle is.

Education can give you a skill, but a liberal education can give you dignity

It would seem that you have no useful skill or talent whatsoever,' he said. 'Have you thought of going into teaching?

He wanted to care, and he could not care. For he had gone away and he could never come back any more. The gates were closed, the sun was down, and there was no beauty left but the gray beauty of steel that withstands all time. Even the grief he could have borne was left behind in the country of youth, of illusions, of the richness of life, where his winter dreams had flourished.