Accepting oneself does not preclude an attempt to become better.

“To expect too much is to have a sentimental view of life and this is a softness…”

“The novelist makes his statements by selection, and if he is any good, he selec…”

“I have tried imagining that the single peacock I see before me is the only one …”

“The novelist with Christian concerns will find in modern life distortions which…”