Why can't people be both flexible and efficient?

London, how could one ever be tired of it?

I used to be a reasonably careless and adventurous person before I had children; now I am morbidly obsessed by seat-belts and constantly afraid that low-flying aircraft will drop on my children's school.

When nothing is sure, everything is possible.

World War II put feminism on hold for a long time; the men went away to fight, a lot of women in those years got jobs both in teaching and in factories - at all social levels - which they enjoyed very much. A lot of them were quite happy during the war.

I've always thought that very few people grow old as admirably as academics. At least books never let them down.

I need words and print... I need print like an addict. I could live without it, perhaps. But I hope I never have to try.