Clio's Protest (1819).
The Critic (1779)
Source: Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895), P. 169.
Source: Beyond This Horizon (1948; originally serialized in 1942), Chapter 13, “No more privacy than a guppy in an aquarium”, p. 127
On Pilgrimage (1948)
Context: We are not expecting Utopia here on this earth. But God meant things to be much easier than we have made them. A man has a natural right to food, clothing, and shelter. A certain amount of goods is necessary to lead a good life. A family needs work as well as bread. Property is proper to man. We must keep repeating these things. Eternal life begins now. "All the way to heaven is heaven, because He said, "I am the Way." The cross is there, of course, but "in the cross is joy of spirit." And love makes all things easy.
Cardinal Ernest Simoni, the “Living Martyr” of Albania https://www.catholicworldreport.com/2017/07/19/cardinal-ernest-simoni-the-living-martyr-of-albania/ (July 19, 2017)
“All art is autobiographical; the pearl is the oyster’s autobiography.”
On the autobiographical nature of his films, in The Atlantic (December 1965)
“He was a bold man that first ate an oyster.”
Polite Conversation (1738), Dialogue 2
“Are you in love Mr. Cross?
Irrevocably.”
Source: Captivated by You
“The life of man is of no greater importance to the universe than that of an oyster.”
Source: On Suicide
