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

What we remember is probably fiction anyway.

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

The prize I value most was given to me 60 years ago. I was named the girl with the cleanest fingernails.

Well, I woke up one morning around Christmas, went as far as the shops, and when I got to the corner I felt this violent pain in me left leg. I mentioned it to my daughter and she took me instantly to the hospital. It turned out it was vasculitis. In other words, you can have your leg off.

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.

When passion is mutual, there is always the danger of the fire burning to ashes.