“Few people take an interest in Iceland, but in those few the interest is passionate.”

“Like everything which is not the involuntary result of fleeting emotion but the creation of time and will, any marriage, happy or unhappy, is infinitely more interesting than any romance, however passionate.”

“The element of craftsmanship in poetry is obscured by the fact that all men are taught to speak and most to read and write, while very few men are taught to draw or paint or write music.”

“I have never, I think, wanted to 'belong' to a group whose interests were not mine, nor have I resented exclusion. Why should thet accept me? All I have ever asked is that others should go their way and let me go mine.”

“Those to whom evil is done,do evil in return”

“I and the public knowWhat all schoolchildren learn,Those to whom evil is doneDo evil in return.”

“No opera plot can be sensible, for people do not sing when they are feeling sensible.”