The eye sees only what the mind is prepared to comprehend.

“To ask an author who hopes to be a serious writer if his work is autobiographic…”

“What is meant to be heard is necessarily more direct in expression, and perhaps…”

“That was what stuck in the craws of all the good women of Deptford: Mrs Dempste…”

“And why should it not be terrifying? A little terror, in my view, is good for t…”