As it has turned out, the whole relationship between men, women and children has tilted, to the disadvantage of women.

People hear what they want and expect to hear, not what is said.

Poverty is a stubborn thing: you seldom escape it with one bound.

You will find that women who are pregnant often don't want to be and women who aren't desperately envy those who are. Labour wards are always full of very punitive people.

Prudence says one thing, desire says another, and I'd rather go with desire any time.

I know that I'm a real writer because sometimes I write a story just because I want to; not because someone's told me to.

We shelter children for a time; we live side by side with men; and that is all. We owe them nothing, and are owed nothing. I think we owe our friends more, especially our female friends.