Laurence Housman

Two more years were to go by before I knew anything about William Blake. Many years later, when his wife died, my godfather gave me the two books as a remembrance.

I have always been a writer of letters, and of long ones; so, when I first thought of writing a book in the form of letters, I knew that I could do it quickly and easily.

I shall not die young, for I am already near seventy: I may die old.

Why do men fight who were born to be brothers?

In the final analysis, it is your decision to make, but it doesn't move as fast as I'd like it to move.

Another thing that freaks me out is time. Time is like a book. You have a beginning, a middle and an end. It's just a cycle.