I wonder if there isn't a catch about having plenty of money? Does it eventually take the pleasure out of things?

I have noticed that rooms which are extra clean feel extra cold

And at last father flung the rug off as if it were hampering him and strode over to the table saying, 'cocoa, cocoa!'-- it might have been the most magnificent drink in the world; which, personally, I think it is.

Perhaps watching someone you love suffer can teach you even more than suffering yourself can.

I found it quite easy to carry on a casual conversation it was as if my real feelings were down fathoms deep in my mind and what we said was just a feathery surface spray.

...I have noticed that when things happen in one's imaginings, they never happen in one's life, so I am curbing myself.

It's a beautiful sight to see good dancers doing simple steps. It's a painful sight to see beginners doing complicated patterns.