A man can go from being a lover to being a stranger in three moves flat but a woman under the guise of friendship will engage in acts of duplicity which come to light very much later. There are different species of self-justification.

The lessons taught in great books are misleading. The commerce in life is rarely so simple and never so just.

In real life, it is the hare who wins. Every time. Look around you. And in any case it is my contention that Aesop was writing for the tortoise market. Hares have no time to read. They are too busy winning the game.

I am 46, and have been for some time past.

You have no idea how promising the world begins to look once you have decided to have it all for yourself. And how much healthier your decisions are once they become entirely selfish.

The self-fulfilled woman is far from reality.

Good women always think it is their fault when someone else is being offensive. Bad women never take the blame for anything.