While most of the things you've worried about have never happened, it's a different story with the things you haven't worried about. They are the ones that happen.

To be a classic, a novel should be original.

we dislike those we've injured.

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

I can't exist without books.

When one has children one has no privacy. They take it for granted that what is yours is theirs, personal things and the secrets of your heart, as well as possessions.

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