I loved Mr. Darcy far more than any of my own husbands.

If books were Persian carpets, one would not look only at the outer side. because it is the stitch that makes a carpet wear, gives it its life and bloom.

When you learn to read you will be born again...and you will never be quite so alone again.

To me and my kind life itself is a story and we have to tell it in stories - that is the way it falls.

Drink very good tea out of a thin Wocester cup of colour between apricot and pink.

Wanting is the beginning of getting.

It is an anxious, sometimes a dangerous thing to be a doll. Dolls cannot choose; they can only be chosen; they cannot 'do'; they can only be done by.

I don't know if I believe in God, but I know I believe in the devil. I have met him.

You can be a nuisance to your family. You mustn't be a nuisance to your friends.

A garden isn't meant to be useful. It's for joy.

Memory is the only friend of grief.

Do not say

But it must be inconvenient to not be able to remember your name. I'll give you my last name, if you want.

Usually speaking, the worst-bred person in company is a young traveller just returned from abroad.

Glamour is not self-conscious; it’s not trying really hard. It’s just expressing your own truth. I think that’s what the essence of glamour really is—expressing your uniqueness.

The U.S. is facing a structural competitiveness problem that is leading to the weakest economy we have seen in generations.

Secularism for the Congress is merely a slogan while for the BJP it is an article of faith. Secularism is about votebank politics for the Congress, while it is about 'India first' for the BJP.

One thing about Texas people, they're very passionate about their Rock N' Roll, and I love it.

We are nothing if we walk alone; we are everything when we walk together in step with other dignified feet.

President Obama is funny, he's thoughtful, he's challenging, he's fun to work with - and it's been an extraordinary privilege.

Weak eyes are fondest of glittering objects.