Tears have a better character cried alone. Pity can sometimes be more wolf than dog.

It had been a war of kingly poisons, in the air, in the memory, in the blood.

For I did not want him to see, or to question me, for here contains already secrets, and my secrets are my fortune and my sanity.

It is always worth itemising happiness, there is so much of the other thing in a life, you had better put down the markers for happiness while you can.

I haven't really written my plays and books - I've heard them. The stories are there already, singing in your genes and in your blood.

There is seldom a difficulty with religion where there is friendship.

What is the sound of an eighty-nine-year-old heart breaking?