I never know why self-sacrifice is noble. Why is it better to sacrifice oneself than someone else?

Never is a long word.

charm should be on the surface. It has no hidden use.

It is better to be drunk with loss and to beat the ground, than to let the deeper things gradually escape.

Appearances are not held to be a clue to the truth,' said his cousin. 'But we seem to have no other.

At a certain point my novels set. They set just as hard as that jam jar. And then I know they are finished.

I am ill at ease with people whose lives are an open book.