What is not hereditary cannot be permanent.

I have the most evil memories of Spain, but I have very few bad memories of Spaniards.

We may be together for another six months—a year—there’s no knowing. At the end we’re certain to be apart. Do you realize how utterly alone we shall be?

The modern writer who has influenced me most is W. Somerset Maugham .

The Puritanical nonsense of excluding children and therefore to some extent women from pubs has turned these places into mere boozing shops instead of the family gathering places that they ought to be.

In this game that we're playing, we can't win. Some kinds of failure are better than other kinds, that's all.

And it is a great thing to die in your own bed, though it is better still to die in your boots.