It will be a pity if women in the more conventional mould are to be phased out, for there will never be anyone to go home to.

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

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.

When you make a break for freedom you don't necessarily find company on the way.

I was brought up among the sort of self-important women who had a husband as one has an alibi.

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

I need noise and interruptions and irritation: irritation and discomfort are a great starter. The loneliness of doing it any other way would kill me.