I have come to the conclusion that silence and time are the most precious commodities.

Life without a phone is riskier, lonelier, more vivid.

Yes Leopold," Eleanor said in a low, mocking voice. "Do start to shine, please. I think I saw the rising, but I definitely missed the shining.

Shame can kill the imagination. It's hard to keep writing in the face of cultural derision.

Sometimes I spend all day in my dressing gown. But if I do dress, I make myself ravishing because then, I feel ravishing.

If you throw me out of this house, I shall sleep on the path outside. If you return to the Continent without me, I shall follow you. I will build a willow hut at your gate; I will sleep under your window; I will be waiting for you at your own front door.

I don't want Christmas season to end, because it's the only time I can legitimately indulge in on particular addiction: glitter.