Authors were shy, unsociable creatures, atoning for their lack of social aptitude by inventing their own companions and conversations.

Women observe subconsciously a thousand little details, without knowing they are doing so. Their subconscious mind adds these little things together - and they call the result intuition.

Intuition is like reading a word without having to spell it out. A child can't do that because it has had so little experience. A grown-up person knows the word because they've seen it often before.

It is a curious thought, but it is only when you see people looking ridiculous that you realize just how much you love them.

I think, myself, that one's memories represent those moments which, insignificant as they may seem, nevertheless represent the inner self and oneself as most really oneself.

Time does not dispose of a question - it only presents it anew in a different guise.

If anyone is really determined to lend you a book, you never can get out of it!