I think housework is far more tiring and frightening than hunting is, no comparison, and yet after hunting we had eggs for tea and were made to rest for hours, but after housework people expect one to go on just as if nothing special had happened.

The worst of being a Communist is the parties you may go to are - well - awfully funny and touching but not very gay...I don't see the point of sad parties, do you? And Left-wing people are always sad because they mind dreadfully about their causes, and the causes are always going so badly.

oh how television diminishes everything.

Life is sometimes sad and often dull, but there are currants in the cake, and here is one of them.

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.

And Left-wing people are always sad because they mind dreadfully about their causes, and the causes are always going so badly.

When the loo paper gets thicker and the writing paper thinner, it's always a bad sign, at home.