Even things in a book-case change if they are alive; we find ourselves wanting to meet them again; we find them altered

“Why does Samuel Butler say, 'Wise men never say what they think of women'? Wise…”

“The words (she was looking at the window) sounded as if they were floating like…”

“Tragedies come in the hungry hours.”

“To upset everything every 3 or 4 years is my notion of a happy life.”