That satisfies me more than the sight of a thousand bombastic heroes, a thousand equally bombastic villains.

Life is neither ebony nor ivory.

That man is something to my mind forever, as Ibsen's 'Master Builder' is something.

I can never forget the one or the other." "Your life is ivory, Val," Julian said.
He had liked the play because the violent struggle between good and evil woke up many responsive memories in his mind.

The hero of the play had been shown feeling precisely as Julian had often felt.