She put out her hand and touched his forearm, as she would have touched some piece of porcelain or sculpture, just for the sheer animal pleasure of feeling its shape and curve beneath her fingertips.

Happiness is making the most of what you have, and riches is making the most of what you've got.

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

They will come, not to paint the bay and the sea and the boots and the moors, but the warmth of the sun and the colour of the wind. A whole new concept. Such stimulation. Such vitality.

She put out her hand and touched his forearm, as she would have touched some piece of porcelain or sculpture, just for the sheer animal pleasure of feeling its shape and curve beneath her fingertips.

And the wicked thing is, that when we're really upset, we always take it out on the people who are closest and whom we love the most.

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