I could not ask forgiveness for something I had not done. As scapegoat, I could only bear the fault.
You had to endure something yourself before it touched you.
Life and death do not wait for legal action.
...but I should say that kindliness, and sincerity, and if I may say so--modesty--are worth far more to a man, to a husband, than all the wit and beauty in the world.
How simple life becomes when things like mirrors are forgotten.
Last night I dreamt I went to Manderley again.