I have consistently loved books that I've read when I've been sick in bed.

I didn't move. I've learned from years of experience that dogs and falcons and ladies come back to you if you stay where you are.

Although I always said that I wanted to be a writer from childhood, I hadn't actually done much about it until I came to London.

I wanted to wear the mantle and the pearls. I wanted to know the man who painted her like that.

It's a rare book that wins the battle against drooping eyelids.

Say something worth the words.

Jane Austen easily used half a page describing someone else's eyes; she would not appreciate summarizing her reading tastes in ten titles.