Most successes are unhappy. That's why they are successes - they have to reassure themselves about themselves by achieving something that the world will notice.

I believe, Messieurs, in loyalty---to one's friends and one's family and one's caste.

marriage is an extraordinary thing - and I doubt if any outsider - even a child of the marriage - has the right to judge.

I married an archeologist because the older I grow, the more he appreciates me.

Writers are diffident creatures -- they need encouragement.

The bereaved had never any doubt about their dear ones' wishes and those wishes usually squared with their own inclinations.

Bitterness leads nowhere. It turns back on itself. It is the eternal cul-de-sac.