The vital accessories to my work are my reference books, such as the complete Shakespeare and a prayer book, and a large refuse bin.

The older one becomes the quicker the present fades into sepia and the past looms up in glorious technicolour

Being constantly with children was like wearing a pair of shoes that were expensive and too small. She couldn't bear to throw them out, but they gave her blisters.

Once the grammar has been learned, writing is simply talking on paper and in time learning what not to say.

Everything else you grow out of, but you never recover from childhood.

It is the generation of the unemphatic. Steal, kill, lie, fornicate, but beware of indulging with conviction.

The prize I value most was given to me 60 years ago. I was named the girl with the cleanest fingernails.

What we remember is probably fiction anyway.

Women are programmed to love completely, and men are programmed to spread it around. We are fools to think it's any different.

There is nothing more guaranteed to reduce a man to the essentials than to live beneath the sky.

It seems to me that a mutually beneficial relationship between a man and woman requires the man to be dominant. A sensible woman will allow the man to think he is the most important partner.

If the bombs go off the sun will still be shining, because I've heard it said thatevery mushroom cloud has a silver lining.

You're nobody's rainbow. You're nobody's princess. You're nobody's doorway but your own, and the only one who gets to tell you how your story ends is you.

The Bookshop has a thousand books, All colors, hues, and tinges, And every cover is a doorThat turns on magic hinges.

To forgive is to set someone free.

We cannot do everything, but we can all do something.

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If you're filing bankruptcy, you will likely want to hire an attorney. But for debt settlement, a company is sufficient, or as I said, you can often do the legwork on your own.

Back in those days it was just me swimming around in the dark, doing back flips and taking naps whenever I want.

The Labour Party believes in turning workers against owners; we believe in turning workers into owners.

I come without five lire. I want to leave without five lire.