An author who waits for the right 'mood' will soon find that 'moods' get fewer and fewer until they cease altogether.

most of us have to be self-righteous before we can be righteous.

An author who waits for the right 'mood' will soon find that 'moods' get fewer and fewer until they cease altogether.

Babies are a nuisance, of course. But so does everything seem to be that is worth while – husbands and books and committees and being loved and everything. We have to choose between barren ease and rich unrest – or rather, one does not choose.

The joys of motherhood are not excessively apparent during the first few weeks of a baby's life.

Most men, whether men or women, wish above all else to be comfortable, and thought is a pre-eminently uncomfortable process; it brings to the individual far more suffering than happiness in a semi-civilised world which still goes to war.

Meek wifehood is no part of my profession; / I am your friend, but never your possession.