There are always these moments in life when the limits of suffering are reached and we become heroes and heroines.

I adore Life. What do all the fools matter and all the stupidity. They do matter but somehow for me they cannot touch the body of Life. Life is marvellous. I want to be deeply rooted in it - to live - to expand - to breathe in it - to rejoice - to share it. To give and to be asked for Love.

It is of immense importance to learn to laugh at ourselves.

Bless you, my darling, and remember you are always in the heart - oh tucked so close there is no chance of escape - of your sister.

The ostrich burying its head in the sand does at any rate wish to convey the impression that its head is the most important part of it.

In fact, isn't it a joy - there is hardly a greater one - to find a new book, a living book, and to know that it will remain with you while life lasts?

England is merely an island of beef swimming in a warm gulf stream of gravy.