One of the worst things about life is not how nasty the nasty people are. You know that already. It is how nasty the nice people can be.

I was impressed for the ten thousandth time by the fact that literature illuminates life only for those to whom books are a necessity. Books are unconvertible assets, to be passed on only to those who possess them already.

One of the worst things about life is not how nasty the nasty people are. You know that already. It is how nasty the nice people can be.

A dance to the music of time.

Literature illuminates life only for those to whom books are a necessity.

Self-pity is essentially humorless, devoid of that lightness of touch which gives understanding of life.

Parents. . . are sometimes a bit of a disappointment to their children. They don't fulfil the promise of their early years.