The prophets of doom, in my experience, are generally ignored and usually right.

Novelists... fashioning nets to sustain and support the reader as he falls helplessly through the chaos of his own existence.

Words are not simple things: they take unto themselves, as they have through time, power and meaning.

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.

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

guilt to motherhood is like grapes to wine

Every time you open your wardrobe, you look at your clothes and you wonder what you are going to wear. What you are really saying is 'Who am I going to be today?