People who have power respond simply. They have no minds but their own.

some people always have a touch of youth about them.

Pushing forty? She's hanging on for dear life.

As regards plots I find real life no help at all. Real life seems to have no plots.

It will be a beautiful family talk, mean and worried and full of sorrow and spite and excitement.

There is danger in courage. Cowardice is a power for good. We hardly know what it prevents.

Dear, dear, the miniature world of the family! All the emotions of mankind seem to find a place in it.