A Minor Symptom Of Wars Is The

Surprise Will Be My Last Emotion, Not Fear.

Invaders Always Destroy Libraries.

I Do Not Think About Absent Persons As Often Or With Such Intense Longing As I Think Of Places. They Lie One Below The Other In My Mind.

If The Novel Is Dying, I See No Chance That Dismembering It Will Revive It.

A Writer's First Duty Is To Be Clear. Clarity Is An Excellent Virtue. Like All Virtues It Can Be Pursued At Ruinous Cost. Paid, So Far As I Am Concerned, Joyfully.