She is one of those ladies who is more beautiful at sixty than she could possibly have been at twenty. (how I hope someone says that about me someday)!

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

I don’t know whether to feel flattered or hunted.

Do you arrange your books alphabetically? (I hope not.)

I much prefer whining to counting my blessings.

Because there is nothing I would rather do than rummage through bookshops, I went at once to Hastings & Sons Bookshop upon receiving your letter. I have gone to them for years, always finding the one book I wanted - and then three more I hadn't known I wanted.

I think you learn more if you're laughing at the same time.