Perhaps the way with any obsession is to ignore it simply. Not to fight it, since it draws strength from any contact with us, whether hostile or friendly.

leisure is an attitude of mind, not simply remission of work.

It is always one of the tragedies of any relationship, even between people sensitive to each other's moods, that the moments of emotion so rarely coincide.

Every search has its own momentum. It is why a search makes such an excellent plot for a film or story.

As every real estate agent knows, a poor house in good surroundings will sell for a higher price than a better house in poor surroundings, and in a town they confidently ask 25 percent more rent for a flat with a view of a park that for an identical flat with no view.

If you would be happy all your life, plant a garden.

children are not undeveloped versions of adult people: they are a different race of beings: they are children.