Many emotions go under the name of love, and almost any one of them will for a while divert the mind from the real, true, and perfect thing.

Many emotions go under the name of love, and almost any one of them will for a while divert the mind from the real, true, and perfect thing.

there must be a routine to life, a framework to hang life on. Routines were what kept you sane, gave you something to do at this moment and at that, definite places to go, positive things to do. Abandon it and that way madness lies.

I've had two proposals since I've been a widow. I am a wonderful catch, you know. I have a lot of money.

It's living - a broad spectrum of living - that teaches you how to live, not philosophy. Philosophy teaches you how to think.

I get a lot of letters from people. They say "I want to be a writer. What should I do?" I tell them to stop writing to me and to get on with it.

Ten thousand years of civilization shed in an instant when you put a woman behind the wheel of a car.