Daytime sleep is a cursed slumber from which one wakes in despair.
I think being a woman is like being Irish. Everyone says you're important and nice, but you take second place all the same.
Jealousy is the most dreadfully involuntary of all sins.
Human affairs are not serious, but they have to be taken seriously.
One doesn't have to get anywhere in a marriage. It's not a public conveyance.
Of course reading and thinking are important but, my God, food is important too. How fortunate we are to be food-consuming animals. Each meal should be a treat and one ought to bless every day which brings with it a good digestion and the precious gift of hunger.