I seldom read on beaches or in gardens. You can't read by two lights at once, the light of day and the light of the book. You should read by electric light, the room in shadow, and only the page lit up.

A house means a family house, a place specially meant for putting children and men in so as to restrict their waywardness and distract them from the longing for adventure and escape they've had since time began.

I don't have general views about anything, except social injustice.

Alcohol doesn't console, it doesn't fill up anyone's psychological gaps, all it replaces is the lack of God.

Oh, how good it is to be with someone, sometimes.

She had lived her early years as though she were waiting for something she might, but never did, become.

You are what you are and that fascinates me.