“Trixie seesawed between wishing everyone would leave her alone and wondering why everyone treated her like a leper.”
“No matter what happens in life, be good to people. Being good to people is a wonderful legacy to leave behind.”
“Do you ever wonder whether people would like you more or less if they could see inside you?”
“Why do you need everyone married?" Christopher has said to him angrily, when Henry has asked about his son's life. "Why can't you just leave people alone?"He doesn't want people alone.”
“It is up to you whether social, intelligent and wonderful creatures are to be freed from their chains and cages where ruthless people keep them. The animals would, if they could, flee as I did, because a life in captivity is a life full of deprivation.”