Charm Should Be On The Surface. It

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

Anyone Who Picks Up A Compton-burnett Finds It Very Hard Not To Put It Down.

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.

I Wonder The Human Race Has Been So Fond Of Migrations, When The Young Take So Hardly To Traveling.

Appearances Are Not Held To Be A Clue To The Truth,' Said His Cousin. 'but We Seem To Have No Other.