It's a whydunnit in q-sharp major and it has a message: never talk to the sort of girls that you wouldn't leave lying about in your drawing-room for the servants to pick up.

Give me a girl at an impressionable age and she is mine for life.

I see no reason to keep silent about my enjoyment of the sound of my own voice as I work.

The true novelist is one who understands the work as a continuous poem, is a myth-maker, and the wonder of the art resides in the endless different ways of telling a story.

To me education is a leading out of what is already there in the pupil's soul.

She wasn't a person to whom things happen. She did all the happenings.

Parents learn a lot from their children about coping with life.

It is impossible to persuade a man who does not disagree, but smiles.

If you want to concentrate deeply on some problem, and especially some piece of writing or paper-work, you should acquire a cat . . .

If you're going to do a thing, you should do it thoroughly. If you're going to be a Christian, you may as well be a Catholic.

A rebellion against a tyrant is only immoral when it hasn't got a chance.

Share them with only people who can help you with information and support. When you meet negative people, zip your mouth.

To Have An Attitude Of Thanksgiving To God Is To Bring Health For Your Spirit, Soul And Body

Mum, mum, He that keeps nor crust nor crumb, Weary of all, shall want some.

I am against marriage, and I don't give a fig for society.

Maybe people don't see me as believable playing a person of today. I guess I'm just more realistic in a corset and funny hairstyles.

The tree of life is growing where the spirit never dies, and the bright light of salvation shines in dark and empty skies.

Propaganda is a soft weapon; hold it in your hands too long, and it will move about like a snake, and strike the other way.

It's not a bad thing to be loved.

As far as things I avoid, I always avoid following trends just because they're trends.

Long before I was a success, my parents made me feel like I could be one.