The happiest folk are those that are busy, for their minds are starved of time to seek out woe.
She did as she felt, and she felt a great deal.
Better to lose oneself in action than to wither in despair.
I'd pretty much given up hope of being published, so I just wrote the book I wanted to read.
... people who'd led dull and blameless lives did not give thanks for second chances.
A way of looking at you that told you she was listening, that she understood all you were saying, and all you weren't.