Those times, I tried to think of something happy, something I'd liked - but not something I loved, for that made it worse..

Have you ever noticed that when your mind is awakened or drawn to someone new, that person's name suddenly pops up everywhere you go? My friend Sophi….

All my life I thought that the story was over when the hero and heroine were safely engaged -- after all, what's good enough for Jane Austen ought to….

She is one of those ladies who is more beautiful at sixty than she could possibly have been at twenty. (how I hope someone says that about me someday….

Humour is the best way to make the unbearable bearable..

We read books, talked books, argued over books and became dearer and dearer to one another..

That's what I love about reading: one tiny thing will interest you in a book, and that tiny thing will lead you to another book, and another bit ther….

I have gone to [this bookshop] for years, always finding the one book I wanted - and then three more I hadn’t known I wanted..

I hope, too, that my book will illuminate my belief that love of art - be it poetry, storytelling, painting, sculpture, or music - enables people to ….

Reading keeps you from going ga-ga..

My worries travel around in my head on their well worn path.

Will Thisbee gave me The Beginner's Cook-Book for Girl Guides. It was just the thing; the writer assumes you know nothing about cookery and writes us….

The first rule of snooping is to come at it sideways..

I never met a man half so true as a dog. Treat a dog right, and he'll treat you right. He'll keep you company, be your friend, and never ask you no q….

Naturally curly hair is a curse, and don't ever let anyone tell you different..

Reading good books ruins you for enjoying bad books..

Life goes on." What nonsense, I thought, of course it doesn't. It's death that goes on..

I love seeing the bookshops and meeting the booksellers-- booksellers really are a special breed. No one in their right mind would take up clerking i….

Think of it! We could have gone on longing for one another and pretending not to notice forever. This obsession with dignity can ruin your life if yo….

I think you learn more if you're laughing at the same time..

Because there is nothing I would rather do than rummage through bookshops, I went at once to Hastings & Sons Bookshop upon receiving your letter. I h….