There are some things worth giving up anything for, even your freedom, and getting rid of your period is definitely one of them.

I learned everything I know about plot from Dame Agatha (Christie).

It is my belief that everything you need to know about the world can be learned in a church choir.

It is not an easy thing to put on a wet sock.

There are moments when rather than reforming the human race I'd like to abandon it altogether and go become, say, one of Dr. O'Reilly's macaques, which have to have more sense.

Don't they know science doesn't work like that? You can't just order scientific breakthroughs. They happen when you are looking at something you've been working on for years and suddenly see a connection you never noticed before, or when you're looking for something else altogether. Sometimes they even happen by accident. Don't they know you can't get a scientific breakthrough just because you want one?

People will buy anything at jumble sales,' I said. 'At the Evacuated Children Charity Fair a woman bought a tree branch that had fallen on the table.