extreme happiness invites religion almost as much as extreme misery.

And no bathroom on earth will make up for marrying a bearded man you hate.

What is it about the English countryside — why is the beauty so much more than visual? Why does it touch one so?

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

Noble deeds and hot baths are the best cures for depression.

Was I the only woman in the world who, at my age - and after a lifetime of quite rampant independence - still did not quite feel grown up?

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