I wasn't an active feminist in the '60s, never have been.

Coincidences are God's way of remaining anonymous.

Mother's room, and mother's need for privacy become a valuable lesson in respect for other people's rights.

We do not know which of our silver products will be judged as gold by our successors, nor does it matter.

Anna was saying to herself: why do I always have this awful need to make other people see things as I do? It's childish, why should they? What it amounts to is that I'm scared of being alone in what I feel.

...or like an old friend one has known too well and doesn't want to see.

One certainty we all accept is the condition of being uncertain and insecure.