Christopher Fry

“Affairs are now soul size.”

“What a wonderful thing is metaphor!”

“Comedy is an escape, not from truth but from despair; a narrow escape into faith.”

“Poetry is the language in which man explores his own amazement.”

“When I think of myself, I can scarcely believe that I exist.”

“Thank God our time is now, when wrong comes up to face us everywhere, never to leave us till we take the longest stride of soul men ever took.”

“I can see the inconvenience of violence, but never its absurdity.”

“Life has a hope of him or it would not have led him here.”

“Pity the man who has a favorite quality, for he will be betrayed by it.”

“I'm only a key into a kingdom of words.”

“The human heart is lighter than a feather, but it is a difficult burden to carry.”

“Nothing is more unreal than realism.”

“What is terrible is that you can get used to anything.”