Once the grammar has been learned, writing is simply talking on paper and in time learning what not to say.

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

nothing is so sad as the injustices of old age.

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.

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

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