“It is the fault of the orders, which are too rigid. There is no allowance for a change in circumstance.”

“Road to hell paved in unbought stuffed dogs. Not my fault.”

“It was not her fault that when he went to her he was already over”

“I'm not unfaithful, darling. I've plenty of faults but I'm very faithful. You'll be sick of me I'll be so faithful.”

“Because she had done the best she could for many years back and the way they were together now was no one person's fault.”

“In order to write about life first you must live it.”

“Be a damn fire eater now. He'd seen it in the war work the same way. More of a change than any loss of virginity. Fear gone like an operation. Something else grew in its place. Main thing a man had. Made him into a man. Women knew it too. No bloody fear.”