She put her hand in his, and he clasped it firmly, knowing he had been waiting for her all his life.

Life always gets harder towards the summit - the cold increases, responsibility increases

My dear girl, you must cultivate a taste for the finer things. Civilized pleasures give meaning to life.

I work eight hours a day, but I'm not writing all that time. I'm thinking, editing, looking something up. Thinking is what I do a lot of.

A person with taste is merely one who can recognize the greatest beauty in the simplest things.

Always present yourself as a woman who expects to succeed.

If anyone asks me whether I like being a popular writer, I ask them whether they think I'd rather be an unpopular writer.