I don't want to be married just to be married. I can't think of anything lonelier than spending the rest of my life with someone I can't talk to, or worse, someone I can't be silent with.

If there is Predestination, then God is the devil. by Remy, Ravensbruck concentration camp survivor

All my life I thought that the story was over when the hero and heroine were safely engaged -- after all, what's good enough for Jane Austen ought to be good enough for anyone. But it's a lie. The story is about to begin, and every day will be a new piece of the plot.

Isola doesn't approve of small talk and believes in breaking the ice by stomping on it.

Will Thisbee gave me The Beginner's Cook-Book for Girl Guides. It was just the thing; the writer assumes you know nothing about cookery and writes useful hints - "When adding eggs, break the shells first.

Then i imagined a lifetime of having to cry to get him to be kind, and I went back to no again.

I am to cover the philosophical side of the debate and so far my only thought is that reading keeps you from going gaga.