"Writing a long and substantial book is like having a friend and companion at your side, to whom you can always turn for comfort and amusement, and whose society becomes more attractive as a new and widening field of interest is lighted in the mind."

Writing, Companionship, Creativity, Inspirational

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"Writing a long and substantial book is like having a friend and companion at your side, to whom you can always turn for comfort and amusement, and whose society becomes more attractive as a new and widening field of interest is lighted in the mind."

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"It just happens to be the way that I'm made. I have to write things down to feel I fully comprehend them."

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"The price of greatness is responsibility."

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"Really I feel less keen about the Army every day. I think the Church would suit me better."

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"It is a mistake to look too far ahead. Only one link of the chain of destiny can be handled at a time."

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"It is no use saying, 'We are doing our best.' You have got to succeed in doing what is necessary."

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"For my part, I consider that it will be found much better by all parties to leave the past to history, especially as I propose to write that history myself."

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"Never in the field of human conflict was so much owed by so many to so few."

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"If the Almighty were to rebuild the world and asked me for advice, I would have English Channels round every country. And the atmosphere would be such that anything which attempted to fly would be set on fire."

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"Nothing in life is so exhilarating as to be shot at without result."

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"I always seem to get inspiration and renewed vitality by contact with this great novel land of yours which sticks up out of the Atlantic."

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"The British nation is unique in this respect. They are the only people who like to be told how bad things are, who like to be told the worst."

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