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he loathed knowing that tomorrow and the thousand days after he would swell pompously at a compliment and sulk at an ill word
Usually, on nights like this, for there had been many lately, he could escape from this consuming introspection by thinking of children and the infinite possibilities of children—he
man in his hunger for faith will feed his mind with the nearest and most convenient food.
“Very few things matter and nothing matters very much.”
Almost all normal people want to be rich without great effort—except
He wanted time and the absence of ulterior pressure.
a new generation dedicated more than the last to the fear of poverty and the worship of success; grown up to find all Gods dead, all wars fought, all faiths in man shaken. . . .
