There was a midsummer restlessness abroad—early August with imprudent loves and impulsive crimes.

“The transition from libertine to prig was so complete.”

“Begin with an individual, and before you know it you find that you have created…”

“They were careless people ... they smashed up things and creatures and then ret…”

“there's no beauty without poignancy and there's no poignancy without the feelin…”