Gracious acceptance is an art - an art which most never bother to cultivate. We think that we have to learn how to give, but we forget about accepting things, which can be much harder than giving.... Accepting another person's gift is allowing him to express his feelings for you.

None of us knows how we will cope with snakes until the moment arises, and then most of us find out that we do not do it very well.

Many of my books are written from a female perspective. I rather enjoy the take that women have on the world, and certainly I enjoy the conversations that women have.

Be content with who you are and where you are, and do whatever you can do to bring to others such contentment, and joy, and understanding that you have managed to find yourself.

Our minds can come up with the most entertaining possibilities, if we let them. But most of the time, we keep them under far too close a check.

We all know that it is women who take the decisions, but we have to let men think that the decisions are theirs. It is an act of kindness on the part of women.

I'm very interested in tea. I wouldn't mind being involved in some aspect of the tea industry.