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

When one is striding bravely into the future one cannot watch one's footing.

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.

Cats always pick the laps of the people who don't like them.

The only way to do it is to do it: by writing, writing, writing.

I would never have supposed that inexperienced girl was capable of such cold-blooded, calculating manipulation!

love has a very dulling effect on the brain