Let people go on talking as they like, and we will go on living as we think best.
Thea was still under the belief that public opinion could be placated; that if you clucked often enough, the hens would mistake you for one of themselves.
Success is less interesting than struggle. There is great pleasure in the effort.
One may have staunch friends in one's own family, but one seldom has admirers.
I don't want anyone reading my writing to think about style. I just want them to be in the story.
Desire is creation, is the magical element in that process. If there were an instrument by which to measure desire, one could foretell achievement.