it is in our minds that we live much of our life.

A leopard does not change his spots, or change his feeling that spots are rather a credit.

Anyone who picks up a Compton-Burnett finds it very hard not to put it down.

There are different kinds of wrong. The people sinned against are not always the best.

My youth is escaping without giving me anything it owes me.

We can build upon foundations anywhere if they are well and firmly laid.

As regards plot I find real life no help at all. Real life seems to have no plots. And as I think a plot desirable and almost necessary, I have this extra grudge against life.

Real life seems to have no plots.

I never know why self-sacrifice is noble. Why is it better to sacrifice oneself than someone else?

Many people misjudge the permanent effect of sorrow, and their capacity to live in the past.

Appearances are not held to be a clue to the truth,' said his cousin. 'But we seem to have no other.

Rowan considered for a moment, and then said, "I have known many kings in my life, Dorian Havilliard. And it was a rare man indeed who asked for help when he needed it, who would put aside pride.

I miss you something awful sometimes

Life isn't fair. It's true, and you still have to deal with it. Whining about it rarely levels the playing field, but learning to rise above it is the ultimate reward.

Before you beat a child, be sure yourself are not the cause of the offense.

On the day the world ends A bee circles a clover, A fisherman mends a glimmering net.

Once we're thrown off our habitual paths, we think all is lost, but it's only here that the new and the good begins.

Listening is harvesting what is in the speaker's mind.

Though we best know and cannot deny our imperfections, it is not for us to lose our self-reliance and true manhood.

The least questioned assumptions are often the most questionable.

The police are very mean people sometimes.