There is a bond, it appears, between mother and child which endures as long as they do. It is independent of love; reason cannot weaken it; hate cannot destroy it.
Books are like sapphires; they must be polished - polished! or else you insult your readers.
If you are kind to an enemy, you cannot hate him.
We've all of us got to meet the devil alone. Temptation is a lonely business.
nothing is as conventional as adolescence.
There is no embarrassment quite like the embarrassment of listening to a person for whom one has a regard making a fool of himself.