What was so terrible about grief was not grief itself, but that one got over it.

The world is changed not by the self-regarding, but by men and women prepared to make fools of themselves.

read widely, not in order to copy someone else's style, but to learn to appreciate and recognize good writing and to see how the best writers have achieved their result. Poor writing is, unfortunately, infectious and should be avoided.

Murder is the unique crime, the only one for which we can never make reparation to the victim.

The greatest mystery of all is the human heart.

When I heard, Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall, I thought, Did he fall or was he pushed?

Human kindness is like a defective tap, the first gush may be impressive but the stream soon dries up.