...for in that city [New York] there is neurosis in the air which the inhabitants mistake for energy.

 ― Evelyn Waugh, Brideshead Revisited 

When we argue for our limitations we get to keep them.

― Evelyn Waugh

“After all, damn it, what does being in love mean if you can't trust a person.”
― Evelyn Waugh, Vile Bodies

“Where can we hide in fair weather, we orphans of the storm?”
― Evelyn Waugh, Brideshead Revisited 

“No one is ever holy without suffering.”
― Evelyn Waugh, Brideshead Revisited 

“O God, make me good, but not yet.”
― Evelyn Waugh, Brideshead Revisited 

“To understand all is to forgive all.”
― Evelyn Waugh, Brideshead Revisited