We all lie to each other, present some sort of front.

Unimaginative people are spared quite a lot. They're often much happier, because they don't go through all the variety of conceptions of the person they love.

Rebecca is an example of how not to manage men. The rules of the game never change, it requires subtlety.

Imagination which comes into play in falling in love is different from any other. Certainly in my case, and I've fallen in love all my life, one imagines the person to be as you want them to be. They frequently turn out to be someone different, for better or worse.

It seemed sensible to move to a market town where I could walk everywhere.

We all lie to each other, present some sort of front.

Looking back, I understand that I was teaching myself to write.