“Spelunking is dangerous enough without adding in anything that could be described with the word "ravening."”

“Never was anything great achieved without danger.”

“All the words are not enough to get anything said.”

“If you torture words enough, they'll confess to anything.”

“On Thursday, March 14th, panic was added to chaos. London gold dealers, in describing the day´s action, used the un-British words "stampede", "catastrophe", and "nightmare."”

“If she could have anything in the world, he'd asked her, what would it be?

She'd answered that one without hesitation: a best friend. She hastily added, He'd smiled faintly. he'd thought but not said.”

“He would declare and could himself believe
That the birds there in all the garden round
From having heard the daylong voice of Eve
Had added to their own an oversound,
Her tone of meaning but without the words.”

“This was the reason there was music, he realized. There were some feelings that didn't have words big enough to describe them.”

“If one has lived long enough, there is danger of succumbing to the word “God” merely because it was always there.”

“Danger: if you meet it promptly and without flinching, you will reduce the danger by half. Never run away from anything. Never!”