Hello, Mary.'It was like hearing a note of divine calm after a dissonant passage of music. My confusion died away.

Blessed with the love of a good man, I felt equal to anything - even the prospect of living out my days in the Antipodes.

When people fall in love, they are apt to go a little mad.

I knew it was Peter playing. I fancied he was trying to tell me something - an absurd idea, but it persisted - 'I may not be able to spell, but just you listen to this.

Life is fair. We all get the same nine-month shake in the box, and then the dice roll. Some people get a run of sevens. Some people, unfortunately, get snake-eyes. Its just how the world is.

…because it is natural to touch more often the parts that hurt.

Few find success without hard work and determination. Those who do have hardly gained anything for themselves that they deserve.

The honester the man the worse luck.

The computer is the new fireplace, everyone in the family gathers around the digital hearth for warmth.

It's all about perseverance. Absolute perseverance. You can always get back up.

After claws and feathers, he took skin and bone, shaped it like an hour glass and made the angels moan.

It is easy to become the dupe of a deferred purpose, of the promise the future can never keep.

Do you clean yourself before you take a bath?

One of the things I've learned is never to horde ideas, because either they are not so relevant or they've gone stale. Whatever it is, pour it out.