I have always regarded divorce as essentially disagreeable, like castor oil, but necessary.

Great loves were almost always great tragedies. Perhaps it was because love was never truly great until the element of sacrifice entered into it.

I had a vision ... of being found on the pavement by some passerby, with a small punctuation mark ending my sentence of life.

Every crucial experience can be regarded either as a setback, or the start of a wonderful new adventure, it depends on your perspective!

All houses in which men have lived and suffered and died are haunted houses.

[To her frequently needed plumber:] How would you like to be adopted? I'm sure it would be cheaper.

[The writer] wants both to do the best possible work and also to reach the largest possible audience. The result is a fairly normal condition of discouragement.