Too many women waste their lives grieving because they do not have something other people tell them they should want. Whether you are happy or not de….

Your own gown is most delicately suitable, both to the occasion and to yourself,' to be translated: Your gown is insipid and entirely forgettable. If….

To take for granted one's blessings is a damage to the soul, and in time one will lose them, simply from lack of care. One should never tire of nouri….

The truth can be very sharp. But it makes a cleaner wound than lies. It will not fester.

I believe in an individual soul which travels through eternity. This life is far from all there is--in fact, it is a minute part, simply an antechamb….

A good library can provide the furniture of our minds and the threads from which we weave our dreams..

Be aware that you can truly help people only by aiding them to become what they are, not what you are. I have heard you say 'If I were you, I would d….

Maybe right and wrong did not move, but understanding of them did. The wrenching pain of walking the same path, even for a short space, tore away the….

some kinds of beauty did not heal, but hollowed the pain even deeper..

We believe world peace is inevitable..

I was born in London, England, in 1938, a few months before the war, and spent the first years of my life there, although I was evacuated a couple of….

... She knew in her heart that to be without optimism, that core of reasonless hope in the spirit rather than the brain, was a fatal flaw, the seed o….

I think it's a terrible thing to write and not enjoy it. It's a sad thing. But of course a lot of people do work because they need to eat. And we all….

The great question, is there anything at all which is worth fighting such a war about, with the devastating loss it will bring? I believe yes, there ….

Americans sometimes say to me that they have no class system themselves. All human beings have class systems. It can be based on a different thing in….

You start at the end, and then go back and write and go that way. Not everyone does, but I do. Some people just sit down at the page and start off. I….

People only tell lies when the truth is disagreeable to them, or frightens them, or to cover sin..

I did a complete rewrite of 650 pages in two weeks..

We all try to forget what hurts us, it is sometimes the only way we can continue..

The mountains are so beautiful they make me ache inside because the moment I look away I know I shall need to see them again. And I cannot spend the ….

Mystery writers' conventions are usually good, and this one has been excellent and extremely well prepared and thought out in advance. A lot of peopl….