Emilymcmc

“… that exasperating quality for which we have no name, which certainly is not accuracy, and which is quite the opposite of judgement, yet which catches the mind as brambles do our clothes.”
― Hilaire Belloc, The Path to Rome

“It is no wonder he wins every game. He has never done a thing in his life exept play games”
― Henry James, The Golden Bowl

“My first impulse is always to behave, about everything, as if I feared complications. But I don't fear them— I really like them. They're quite my element.”
― Henry James, The Golden Bowl

“Write as the wind blows and command all words like an army!”
― Hilaire Belloc, The Path to Rome