She was not, herself, hugely in favour of motherhood in general. Obviously it was necessary, but it wasn't exactly difficult. Even cats managed it. But women acted as if they'd been given a medal that entitled them to boss people around. It was as if, just because they'd got the label which said "mother," everyone else got a tiny part of the label that said "child".

Getting an education was a bit like a communicable sexual disease.

People aren't just people, they are people surrounded by circumstances.

You see the lighted windows and what you want to think is that there may be many interesting stories behind them, but what you know is that really there are just dull, dull souls, mere consumers of food, who think their instincts are emotions and their tiny lives of more account than a whisper of wind.

Chances are where you find them

Ach, people are always telling us not to do things" said Rob Anybody, "that's how we ken the most interesting things to do.

Most of my schooldays were the worst day of my life.