conversation is like a dear little baby that is brought in to be handed round. You must rock it, nurse it, keep it on the move if you want it to keep smiling.

By health I mean the power to live a full, adult, living, breathing life in close contact with... the earth and the wonders thereof - the sea - the sun.

September is different from all other months. It is more magical. I feel the strange chemical change in the earth which produces mushrooms is the cause, too, of the extra 'life' in the air - a resilience, a sparkle.

The pleasure of all reading is doubled when one lives with another who shares the same books.

Courage is like a disobedient dog, once it starts running away it flies all the faster for your attempts to recall it.

The great thing to remember is we can do whatever we wish to do provided our wish is strong enough.

The mind I love must have wild places.