Beauty is meaningless until it is shared. — George Orwell

It is one of the tragedies of the half-educated that they develop late, when they are already committed to some wrong way of life.

Envy is a horrible thing. It is unlike all other kinds of suffering in that there is no disguising it, no elevating it into tragedy. It is more than merely painful, it is disgusting.

An earthquake is such fun when it is over.