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

nothing is so sad as the injustices of old age.

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

I've never been put down by a man, unless I deserved it, and have never felt inferior.

Emotions weren't like washing. There was no call to peg them out for all the world to view.

Being constantly with children was like wearing a pair of shoes that were expensive and too small. She couldn't bear to throw them out, but they gave her blisters.

The sun burnt on, drugging everything with warmth.