There was a moment when I changed from an amateur to a professional. I assumed the burden of a profession, which is to write even when you don't want to, don't much like what you're writing, and aren't writing particularly well

Fear is incomplete knowledge.

I'm afraid of death... Yes, but that doesn't stop death coming.

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

The heart of a woman who loves will forgive many blows.

Never go back to a place where you have been happy. Until you do it remains alive for you. If you go back it will be destroyed.

Our weapon is our knowledge. But remember, it may be a knowledge we may not know that we possess.