“And so, at the age of thirty, I had successively disgraced myself with three fine institutions, each of which had made me free of its full and rich resources, had trained me with skill and patience, and had shown me nothing but forbearance and charity when I failed in trust.”

“Art for art's sake, money for God's sake.”

“And so, at the age of thirty, I had successively disgraced myself with three fine institutions, each of which had made me free of its full and rich resources, had trained me with skill and patience, and had shown me nothing but forbearance and charity when I failed in trust.”

“Nobody minded what you did in bed or what you said about God, a very civilized attitude in 1948.”

“...dusk is the time when men whisper of matters about which they remain silent in the full light of the sun.”