I can do a book in three months if I spend all day, seven days a week at it and, in fact, I work better that way.

Conventional history completely ignores half the human race.

There is nothing sadder than the cheerful letters of the dead, expressing hopes that were never fulfilled, ambitions that were never achieved, dreams cut off before they could come to fruition.

Husbands do not care to be contradicted. Indeed, I do not know anyone who does.

Marriage, in my view, should be a balanced stalemate between equal adversaries.

stereotypes are awfully misleading. There are typical librarians, but not all librarians are typical.

It's not unsporting to thrash a cowardly cad,' said Simmons. 'Everyone knows you don't fight like a gentleman.' 'That might be called an oxymoron,' Ramses said. 'Oh--sorry. Bad form to use long words. Look it up when you get home.' The poor devil didn't know how to fight, like a gentleman or otherwise.