It seems to me that there are two kinds of trickery: the "fronts" people assume before one another's eyes, and the "front" a writer puts on the face of reality.

happiness has always seemed to me a great achievement.

It isn't common sense that is paramount in this world, it's wishful thinking.

If you treat life well, life is usually good to you. And I love life. There's a long-standing affair between us.

Every time I see a film about Joan of Arc I'm convinced she'll get away with it. It's the only way to get through life.

I've tried very hard and I've never found any resemblance between the people I know and the people in my novels.

He lifted me up and held me close against him, my head on his shoulder. At that moment I loved him. In the morning light he was as golden, as soft, as gentle as myself, and he would protect me.