Her own contempt for any forms of pressure society might put on her was so profound and instinctive that she as instinctively despised anyone who paid tribute to them.

Trust no friend without faults, and love a woman, but no angel.

...We try to have things both ways. We’ve always refused to live by the book and the rule; but then why start worrying because the world doesn’t treat us by rule?

I'm not one of those writers that sits worrying about posthumous fame.

Borrowing is not much better than begging; just as lending with interest is not much better than stealing.

It is my belief that children are full of understanding and know as much as and more than adults, until they are about seven, when they suddenly become stupid, like adults.

You can't be a Red if you're married to a civil servant.