Latebrae

John Cowper Powys (1872-1963), Autobiography (London: The Bodley Head, 1934), pp. 85-86: A longing for a lair, for a cave, for a fortress, for any hidden domain, which cannot be disturbed, is still deep in my nature. It is doubtless for this reason that I have always wanted to live in narrow quarters, a little house in the country or in a single room in the city, and I have a positive detestation…