Writing novels preserves you in a state of innocence - a lot passes you by - simply because your attention is otherwise diverted.

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

Existentialism is about being a saint without God; being your own hero, without all the sanction and support of religion or society.

The self-fulfilled woman is far from reality.

A complete woman is probably not a very admirable creature. She is manipulative, uses other people to get her own way, and works within whatever system she is in.

That sun, that light had faded, and she had faded with them. Now she was as grey as the season itself.

You can never betray the people who are dead.