There is nothing more guaranteed to reduce a man to the essentials than to live beneath the sky.

Moonlight lined the windowsills like a fall of snow.

The vital accessories to my work are my reference books, such as the complete Shakespeare and a prayer book, and a large refuse bin.

It seems to me that a mutually beneficial relationship between a man and woman requires the man to be dominant. A sensible woman will allow the man to think he is the most important partner.

The older one becomes the quicker the present fades into sepia and the past looms up in glorious technicolour

Women are programmed to love completely, and men are programmed to spread it around. We are fools to think it's any different.

There are many things in this life capable of throwing people off course - the death of someone close, the loss of income or health, the realisation that cherished hopes cannot always be fulfilled