"Now in Ireland, now in England, now in Normandy — he must fly rather than go by horse or ship."

"It's very important to feel foreign. I was born in England, but when I'm being a writer, everyone in England is foreign to me."

"You can imagine that it is not easy to describe this modern vision of the nature of things in any manner intelligible to those who have not our advantages. There is much in this vision which will remi…"

"The consolidations need to be carried out with due regard to public interest and to the rights and established life of various communities in our country. It does not seem to me necessary that we ende…"