I have only ever read one book in my life, and that is White Fang. It's so frightfully good I've never bothered to read another.

There are worse things than poverty, though I can't for the moment remember what they are.

Always remember, children, that marriage is a very intimate relationship. It's not just sitting and chatting to a person; there are other things, you know.

If I had a girl I should say to her, 'Marry for love if you can, it won't last, but it is a very interesting experience and makes a good beginning in life. Later on, when you marry for money, for heaven's sake let it be big money. There are no other possible reasons for marrying at all.

But I think she would have been happy with Fabrice,' I said. 'He was the great love of her life, you know.' Oh, dulling,' said my mother, sadly. 'One always thinks that. Every, every time.

always either on a peak of happiness or drowning in black waters of despair they loved or they loathed, they lived in a world of superlatives

I Love children, especially when they cry for then someone takes them away.