Charm, in most men and nearly all women, is a decoration.

This desire to govern a woman -- it lies very deep, and men and women must fight it together.... But I do love you surely in a better way then he does." He thought. "Yes -- really in a better way. I want you to have your own thoughts even when I hold you in my arms.

The people I admire most are those who are sensitive and want to create something or discover something, and do not see life in terms of power.

I have almost completed a long novel, but it is unpublishable until my death and England's.

Their quarrel was no more surprising than are most quarrels — inevitable at the time, incredible afterwards.

But nothing in India is identifiable, the mere asking of a question causes it to disappear or to merge in something else.

I believe we shall come to care about people less and less, Helen. The more people one knows, the easier it becomes to replace them. It's one of the curses of London. I quite expect to end my life caring most for a place.