I see no reason to keep silent about my enjoyment of the sound of my own voice as I work.

If you choose the sort of life which has no conventional pattern you have to try to make an art of it, or it is a mess.

Looking forward to going home, I was necessarily looking backward.

You look for one thing and you find another.

The sparkle and morning-freshness of the shop, and the butter-conjuring girl, formed a mind-picture which accompanied the whole of my youth.(about the Buttercup Dairy)

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.

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