Jan Struther citations

“For to love, loveless, is a bitter pill:
But to be loved, unloving, bitterer still.”

“In childhood the daylight always fails too soon -- except when there are going to be fireworks;”

“And I am a mockery, who was God before.”

“Come, let us wage a holy war!”

“To be entirely at leisure for one day is to be for one day an immortal:”

“Then say–how come the years to seem so swift,
The days, the days so slow?”

“She noted with delight that he really did say "Ha!" This made a valuable addition to her collection. She had lately acquired a "Humph!" and two "Whews!" but she was still waiting in vain for a "Pshaw!"”

“O love's a simple word to say
With nature aiding and abetting;”