“Alarm, when used for anything less than a fire or an air attack, is certain to muddle the mind, unsettle the senses, and, in most cases, more than double the danger.”
“from opinion surveys that journalists are less trusted and less esteemed than used to be the case.”
“When army review its forces more than 6 months and not attacking the enemy, know it is a danger to his people”
“You are so afraid of losing your moral sense that you are not willing to take it through anything more dangerous than a mud-puddle. ”
“There is nothing more alarming to a boy than seeing a mother, or a father, buckling. It says to him that all will not be well. The boy does not know this, but he senses it, as a dog senses it, as a dog sense his master's true state of mind. (Lorenzo Dee)”
“I'm not sure that there's anything much more dangerous when it comes to faeryland than a magic mirror.”