“One must be drenched in words, literally soaked in them, to have the right ones form themselves into the proper pattern at the right moment.”

“One must be drenched in words, literally soaked in them, to have the right ones form themselves into the proper patten of the right moment.”

“Customs do not concern themselves with right or wrong or reason. But they have to be obeyed; one reasons all around them until he is tired, but he must not transgress them, it is sternly forbidden.”

“You must be able to write. You must have a sense of form, of pattern, of design. You must have a respect for and a mastery over words.”

“It is terribly bad form to admit to being terrified for one’s life, but nobody in their right mind would go to a Court banquet without making preparations. One must have the right costume, the right Faces, and at least eighty-two ways of avoiding assassination.”

“Moments. This is one. This right here, right now, is definitely a moment.”