He likes driving very fast on the wrong side of the road," said Sarah. "Which I can completely understand.

The house had a name. The Banana House. It was carved onto a piece of sandstone above the front door. It made no sense to anyone.

She'll soon forget." "Caddy," said Saffron impatiently, "she is headmistress of the private school! She's probably never forgotten anything in her whole life!

Don't call me darling. I'm a driving instructor!

Darling Daddy, This is Rose. The shed needs new wires now it has blown up. Caddy is bringing home rock-bottom boyfriends to see if they will do for Mummy. Instead of you. Love, Rose.

I can only drive slowly.""That's all right.""And I can only do left turns."Rose ran downstairs, grabbed a road atlas, and ran triumphantly back up again. "Wales is left! Look! It's left all the way!

Oh, Micheal darling!""Don't call me darling, I'm a driving instructor!

She'll soon forget.""Caddy, " said Saffron impatiently, "she is headmistress of the private school! She's probably never forgotten anything in her whole life!

Very helpful, I must say. Look at them in the eye and shout, and they understand every word..." (Mr. Warbeck in Sienna, talking about local Italians.)

Darling Daddy, This is Rose.The shed needs new wires now it has blown up.Caddy is bringing home rock-bottom boyfriends to see if they will do for Mummy. Instead of you.Love, Rose.

Die Welt ist von Narren geschaffen, damit Weise in ihr Leben.

Now, after so many years, I understand what the Coldness was and where it came from—this sense that everything is lost, and worthless, and meaningless.

I didn't go to university. Didn't even finish A-levels. But I have sympathy for those who did.

Nothing in politics is ever so good or as bad as it first appears.

You're never going to be a Yankee for a day, or you're never going to be a Laker, but with Pro-Ams, they allow you to feel like you're a professional golfer and play under their conditions.

Love, your own witch-daughter, Queen of the Mirror and the Highest Protector of Irony

I have become an environmentalist, because it is over the environment that the last of the Indian Wars will be fought.

I have my own army in the NYPD, which is the seventh biggest army in the world.

The golden age has not passed; it lies in the future.

I was a very defensive kid 'cause I was really sensitive underneath and didn't want people to know. So I came off as very tough and very angry.