“And after all, our mythology may be much nearer to literal truth than we suppose.”
“Our enemies come nearer the truth in the opinions they form of us than we do in our opinion of ourselves.”
“If we are all alive ten years hence, let's meet, and see how many of us have got our wishes, or how much nearer we are then than now.”
“Poetry is nearer to vital truth than history.”
“We are all, I suppose, beholden to our parents - the question is, how much?”
“We need never shout across the spaces to an absent God. He is nearer than our own soul, closer than our most secret thoughts”