Lady Dedlock is always the same exhausted deity, surrounded by worshippers, and terribly liable to be bored to death, even while presiding at her own shrine.

if the world go wrong, it was, in some off-hand manner, never meant to go right.

We went our several ways, " said Lady Dedlock, "and had little in common even before we agreed to differ. It is to be regretted, I suppose, but it could not be helped.

A word in earnest is as good as a speech

The thing about finishing a story is that finishing is really only the beginning.

The real and proper question is: why is it beautiful?

Whatever you do to the animals, you do to yourself. Remember that.

I believe in the Yves Saint Laurent woman who either has her hands in the pockets of her pantsuit or is holding her lover's hand. She doesn't need a bag.

Once upon a time people talked about the infallibility of the pope; today it is that of the merchant which they wish to establish.

When I did Comic Relief, I did it to be on the show; it's a badge of honor as a comedian to do that show.

The world is a perpetual caricature of itself; at every moment it is the mockery and the contradiction of what it is pretending to be.

The computer is really like a pencil, you know. It used to be. The pencil can do anything you want to, but you have to do it, and the same is with the computer.

I am not going to speculate about the emotions that might be involved in avian infidelity.

The shortening of devotions starves the soul, it grows lean and faint