But some characters in books are really real--Jane Austen's are; and I know those five Bennets at the opening of Pride and Prejudice, simply waiting to raven the young men at Netherfield Park, are not giving one thought to the real facts of marriage.

So many of the loveliest things in England are melancholy.

I like seeing people when they can't see me.

Only the margin left to write on now. I love you, I love you, I love you.

I have really sinned. I am going to pause now, and sit here on the mound repenting in deepest shame.

I have found that sitting in a place where you have never sat before can be inspiring.

Sometimes [the expression] old age has a kind of harrowing beauty. But elderly - ugh!