It is better to travel hopefully than to arrive. Arrival often brings nothing but a sense of desolation and disappointment.

It is better to travel hopefully than to arrive. Arrival often brings nothing but a sense of desolation and disappointment.

She thought of the last couple of years: the boredom, the narrowness of existence, the dearth of anything to look forward to. Yet now, in a single instant, the curtains had been whipped aside, and the windows been thrown open onto a brillant view that had been there, waiting for her, all the time. A view, moreover, laden with the most marvellous possibilities and opportunities.

The greatest gift a parent can leave a child is that parent's own independence.

I'm getting too elderly to travel the length of the country for a free hangover.

It was better not to get too close to another person. The closer you got, the more likely you were to get hurt.

I wasn't good enough. I had a little talent but not enough. There is nothing more discouraging than having just a little talent.