I never trust the airlines from those countries where the pilots believe in the afterlife. You are safer when they don't.

[My novel] took up the sweetest part of my mind and the rarest part of my imagination; it was like being in love and better. All day long when I was busy [...], I had my unfinished novel personified almost as a secret companion and accomplice following me like a shadow wherever I went, whatever I did.

I often wonder if we were all characters in one of God's dreams.

One's prime is elusive. You little girls, when you grow up, must be on the alert to recognize your prime at whatever time of your life it may occur. You must then live it to the full.

Contradictions in human character are one of its most consistent notes.

Beware the ire of the calm.

You look for one thing and you find another.