Stories of magic alone can express my sense that life is not only a pleasure but a kind of eccentric privilege.

“Really," said Gregory superciliously, "the examples you choose–""I beg your par…”

“Angels can fly because they can take themselves lightly.”

“There should be a burnished tablet let into the ground on the spot where some c…”

“The modern evil, we have said, greatly turns on this: thatpeople do not see tha…”