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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Grown-ups have developed an unpleasant habit of comforting themselves for their degradation by pretending that children are childish.
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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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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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When shall I be dead and rid Of all the wrong my father did? How long, how long 'till spade and hearse Put to sleep my mother's curse?
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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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He did not like the grown-ups who talked down to him, but the ones who went on talking in their usual way, leaving him to leap along in their wake, jumping at meanings, guessing, clutching at known words, and chuckling at complicated jokes as they suddenly dawned. He had the glee of the porpoise then, pouring and leaping through strange seas.
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It is good to put your life in other people's hands.
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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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God is love, the parson whined.
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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.
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Were they, for some purpose almost too cunning for belief, only disguised as themselves?
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Aviators live by hours, not by days.
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God is love, the bishops tell.
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He was neither clever nor sensitive, but he was loyal--stubbornly sometimes, and even annoyingly and stupidly so in later life.
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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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a king can only work with his best tools.
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Middle-aged people can balance between believing in God and breaking all the commandments without difficulty.
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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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I think I ought to have some eddication,"said the Wart, "I can't think of anything to do.
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We cannot build the future by avenging the past.
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Only fools want to be great.
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A lot of brainless unicorns swaggering about and calling themselves educated just because they can push each other off a horse with a bit of a stick! It makes me tired.
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...All endeavours which are directed to a purely worldly end...contain within themselves the germs of their own corruption.