"The point is, life is to be endured, and lived. But how to live it is the problem."
Daphne Du Maurier
“My idea of good company, Mr Elliot, is the company of clever, well-informed people, who have a great deal of conversation; that is what I call good company."
Jane Austen
"Anyone who ignores the chatter of women is poorer by any measure."
Lisa Jewell
"If you want to understand any woman, you must first ask about her mother and then listen carefully."
The Red Tent
"Love can't mature in one room. It has to come out of the full sharing of everything: joys, aspirations, downfalls, all of it. That's the only real path to love."
Trinity
"My mother you see, is the great love of my life. She is the great love of my life, and I have lost her."
One Italian Summer
The Trespasser
"I live inside my own skin. Anything that happens outside it doesn't change who I am."