Best of all she liked his eyes, such a translucent golden brown, and so laughing.

We're working-class people, which means we don't get rich or have maids. Be content with what you are and what you have.

I want to know what they look like, their height, and colouring, physique and speech pattens.

I escaped the torture of my childhood home by reading. To this day it is still one of my greatest pleasures.

duty, the most indecent of all obsessions, was only another name for love.

Perfection, in anything, is unbearably dull. Myself, I prefer a touch of imperfection.

Oh, that feels good! I don't know who invented ties and then insisted a man was only properly dressed when he wore one, but if I ever meet him, I'll strangle him with his own invention