Charm Should Be On The Surface. It

We None Of Us Talk To People As We Do Behind Their Backs.

[on Writing:] What A Difficult Kind Of Work To Choose! But Of Course One Did Not Choose It. There Was No Choice.

Real Charity And Real Ability Never To Condemn-the One Real Virtue-is So Often The Result Of A Waking Experience That Gives A Glimpse Of What Lies Beneath Things.

As Regards Plot I Find Real Life No Help At All. Real Life Seems To Have No Plots. And As I Think A Plot Desirable And Almost Necessary, I Have This Extra Grudge Against Life.

We Must Use Words As They Are Used, Or Stand Aside From Life.