“Writing: Turning one's worst moments into profit.”

“How when one is able to indulge the luxury of beginning one's life again.All one thinksTo doIs end it”

“She thought too that women didn't know what to do with themselves these days which could turn them into harridans. Hardly a female friend she knew wasn't miserable. Either mind dumb with children, or in the married condition married to an earnest toiler, or lonely unmarried in their successful career.”

“Electronic books are a bad thing because they cannot be accumulated on shelves to remind you of your past, to impress your neighbors and colleagues, and to help prevent divorces thanks to the sheer bother of arguing over who owns what.”

“When I'm dead, I hope it may be said: his sins were scarlet, but his books were read.”

“Take deedsAway.Play musicplease.”

“Not using that handy maxim a man is what he makes his dough at and alas how much. Sometimes it is a gentle gesture to remind people of their big time possibilities. Makes them like you.”