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"There was nothing, he found, like a Causerie du Lundi for settling and soothing the troubled spirits. That tenuous membrane of his had been too rudely buffeted by the afternoon's emotions; it required a rest."

Huxley, Aldous. Crome Yellow . Kindle Edition.

"Wherever the choice has had to be made between the man of reason and the madman, the world has unhesitatingly followed the madman. For the madman appeals to what is fundamental, to passion and the instincts; the philosophers to what is superficial and supererogatory—reason."

Huxley, Aldous. Crome Yellow . Kindle Edition.

"It's extraordinary to think of sexual selection," she said at last, looking up from her contemplation of the miraculous feather.

"Extraordinary!" Ivor echoed. "I select you, you select me. What luck!"

Huxley, Aldous. Crome Yellow . Kindle Edition.

"What about? About almost everything. Nature, art, science, poetry, the stars, spiritualism, the relations of the sexes, music, religion. Ivor, she thought, had an interesting mind.

The two young ladies parted affectionately."

Huxley, Aldous. Crome Yellow . Kindle Edition.

"...I am not even a writer, I am not so much as qualified to attempt the task. The extraction of Knockespotch from his wooden prison I leave, my dear Denis, to you."

"Thank you," said Denis.

Huxley, Aldous. Crome Yellow . Kindle Edition.

"Once begun, the world war can end only with the return of Christ, and His coming will be sudden and unexpected, like that of a thief in the night."

Huxley, Aldous. Crome Yellow . Kindle Edition.

"No more now. Another time. And remember, I rely absolutely on your discretion in this matter. There are intimate, sacred things that one doesn't wish to be generally known."

"Of course," said Denis. "I quite understand."

Huxley, Aldous. Crome Yellow . Kindle Edition.

"Denis groaned in the spirit, condemned himself utterly with all his works. What right had he to sit in the sunshine, to occupy corner seats in third-class carriages, to be alive? None, none, none."

Huxley, Aldous. Crome Yellow . Kindle Edition.