Those times, I tried to think of something happy, something I'd liked - but not something I loved, for that made it worse.

What on earth did you say to Isola? She stopped in on her way to pick up Pride and Prejudice and to berate me for never telling her about Elizabeth Bennet and Mr. Darcy. Why hadn't she known there were better love stories around? Stories not riddled with ill-adjusted men, anguish, death and graveyards!

Those times, I tried to think of something happy, something I'd liked - but not something I loved, for that made it worse.

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

Humour is the best way to make the unbearable bearable.

I hope, too, that my book will illuminate my belief that love of art - be it poetry, storytelling, painting, sculpture, or music - enables people to transcend any barrier man has yet devised.

Do you suppose the St. Swithin's furnace-man was my one true love? Since I never spoke to him, it seems unlikely, but at least it was a passion unscathed by disappointment.