T. H. White Quotes
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Wars are never fought for one reason," he said. "They are fought for dozens of reasons, in a muddle.
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The race will find that capitalists and communists modify themselves so much during the ages that they end by being indistinguishable as democrats.
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You run a grave risk, my boy," said the magician, "of being turned into a piece of bread, and toasted.
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All forms of collectivism are mistaken, according to the human skull.
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The miracle was that he had been allowed to do a miracle. And ever, says Mallory, Sir Lancelot wept, as he had been a child that had been beaten.
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You may grow old and trembling in your anatomies, you may lie awake at night listening to the disorder of your veins, you may miss your only love, you may see the world about you devastated by evil lunatics, or know your honour trampled in the sewers of baser minds. There is only one thing for it then - to learn.
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It is only people who are lacking, or bad, or inferior, who have to be good at things. You have always been full and perfect, so you had nothing to make up for.
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Grown-ups have developed an unpleasant habit of comforting themselves for their degradation by pretending that children are childish.
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War is like a fire. One man may start it, but it will spread all over. It is not about any one thing in particular.
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The Victorians had not been anxious to go away for the weekend. The Edwardians, on the contrary, were nomadic.
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I will tell you something else, King, which may be a surprise for you. It will not happen for hundreds of years, but both of us are to come back.
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If God is supposed to be merciful,' [Arthur] retorted, 'I don't see why He shouldn't allow people to stumble into heaven, just as well as climb there
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"The best thing for being sad," replied Merlin, beginning to puff and blow, "is to learn something. That's the only thing that never fails.
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I would recommend a solo flight to all prospective suicides. It tends to make clear the issue of whether one enjoys being alive or not.
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Were they, for some purpose almost too cunning for belief, only disguised as themselves?
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Perhaps he does not want to be friends with you until he knows what you are like. With owls, it is never easy-come-easy-go.
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It is good to put your life in other people's hands.
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The bravest people are the ones who don’t mind looking like cowards.
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Only fools want to be great.
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Why can't you harness Might so that it works for Right? I know it sounds nonsense, but, I mean, you can't just say there is no such thing. The Might is there, in the bad half of people, and you can't neglect it. You can't cut it out but you might be able to direct it, if you see what I mean, so that it was useful instead of bad.