Arts and Artists
An artist must be a reactionary. He has to stand out against the tenor of the age and not go flopping along.
Courtesy
His courtesy was somewhat extravagant. He would write and thank people who wrote to thank him for wedding presents and when he encountered anyone as punctilious as himself the correspondence ended only with death.
Heaven
The human mind is inspired enough when it comes to inventing horrors; it is when it tries to invent a Heaven that it shows itself cloddish.
Paradise
It is a curious thing that every creed promises a paradise which will be absolutely uninhabitable for anyone of civilized taste.
Saints
Saints are simply men and women who have fulfilled their natural obligation which is to approach God.
Words
One forgets words as one forgets names. One's vocabulary needs constant fertilizing or it will die.
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