One's emotions are intensified in Paris—one can be more happy and also more unhappy here than in any other place. But it is always a positive source of joy to live here, and there is nobody so miserable as a Parisian in exile from his town.

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

Sisters are a shield against life's cruel adversity.

Irish gardens beat all for horror. With 19 gardeners, Lord Talbot of Malahide has produced an affair exactly like a suburban golf course.

Most people like reading about what they already know - there is even a public for yesterday's weather.

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.

oh how television diminishes everything.