lawyers never go to law, do they? They know better.

Coffee in England always tastes like a chemistry experiment.

One of the saddest things in life, is the things one remembers.

There's no agony like [getting started]. You sit in a room, biting pencils, looking at a typewriter, walking about, or casting yourself down on a sofa, feeling you want to cry your head off.

I've got an uncle myself. Nobody should be held responsible for their uncles. Nature's little throwbacks - that's how I look at it.

I never can stand seeing people pleased with themselves,” said Joanna. “It arouses all my worst instincts.

I suppose without curiosity a man would be a tortoise. Very comfortable life, a tortoise has.