I never know why self-sacrifice is noble. Why is it better to sacrifice oneself than someone else?
Anyone who picks up a Compton-Burnett finds it very hard not to put it down.
At a certain point my novels set. They set just as hard as that jam jar. And then I know they are finished.
We do not discuss the members of our family to their faces.
There is more difference within the sexes than between them.
Parents have too little respect for their children, just as the children have too much for the parents.