A happy ending was imperative. I shouldn't have bothered to write otherwise. I was determined that in fiction anyway two men should fall in love and remain in it for the ever and ever that fiction allows, and in this sense, Maurice and Alec still roam the greenwood.

Railway termini are our gates to the glorious and the unknown

To trust people is a luxury in which only the wealthy can indulge; the poor cannot afford it.

Think before you speak is criticism's motto; speak before you think, creation's.

The emotions may be endless. The more we express them, the more we may have to express.

I cannot help thinking that there is something to admire in everyone, even if you do not approve of them.

There's enough sorrow in the world, isn't there, without trying to invent it.