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

Superstition has its practical uses.

Children, I feel, are as much entitled to privacy as human beings.

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

Nefret had always had an uncanny ability to read his thoughts. 'Did she cry?' she asked sweetly. 'And then you kissed her? You shouldn't have done that. I'm sure you meant well, but kissing someone out of pity is always a mistake.

There are too many people in the world as it is, but the supply of ancient manuscripts is severely limited.

Who are we really? Combinations of common chemicals that perform mechanical actions for a few years before crumbling back into the original components? Fresh new souls, drawn at random for some celestial cupboard where God keeps an unending supply?Or the same soul, immortal and eternal, refurbished and reused through endless lives, by that thrifty Housekeeper? In Her wisdom and benevolence She wipes off the memory slates, as part of the cleaning process, because if we could remember all the things we have experienced in earlier lives, we might object to risking it again.