To care passionately for another human creature brings always more sorrow than joy; but at the same time, Elinor, one would not be without experience. Anyone who has never really loved has never really lived.

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

I often wonder why the whole world is so prone to generalise. Generalisations are seldom if ever true and are usually utterly inaccurate.

Love is not everything ... It is only when we are young that we think it is.

There is no greater mistake in life than seeing things or hearing them at the wrong time.

I don't think necessity is the mother of invention. Invention, in my opinion, arises directly from idleness, possibly also from laziness - to save oneself trouble.

People who can be very good can be very bad too.