“When a dream is born in you With a sudden clamorous pain, When you know the dream is true And lovely, with no flaw nor stain, O then, be careful, or with sudden clutch You'll hurt the delicate thing you prize so much.” KnowsDreamPainBornHurtCarefulLovelyPrizeFlawsBe CarefulDelicateStainsClutchDelicate Things Book:Complete Poems Source: Complete Poems
“Citizens who take it upon themselves to do unusual actions which attract the attention of the police should be careful to bring these actions into one of the recognized categories of crimes and offences, for it is intolerable that the police should be put to the pains of inventing reasons for finding them undesirable.” ShouldReasonActionPainAttentionCrimeCitizensFindingsPoliceCarefulCategoriesUnusualBe CarefulInventingOffenceUndesirable Author:A. P. Herbert