I've never known a man to be beaten fairly, nor one to be elected, unfairly.

Many people believe in turning the other cheek, especially when it is your cheek.

I, who fall short in managing my own affairs, can see just how it would profit my neighbor if I managed his.

Give me a well-cooked, well-served meal, a bouquet, and a sunset, and I can do more for a man's soul than all the cant ever preached. I can even do it without a sunset!

... I feel far more hunger pangs when I am denied mental nourishment than I do at the loss of meals.

... I saw a small boy who belongs to one of those large families who only practice at birth control.

Verily, affluence brings anxiety!

I sewed good wishes and thoughts into my garments, especially so if they were wedding or graduation dresses.

I find when death comes, it is usually a woman that is called for.

A bear does not change its nature because it shed its fur.

Giving evidence against one's employers was the first step to unemployment.

My nerves came back in full force. I'd thrown myself in the deep end, and, feeling like I had no idea how to swim, I had to get back to shore somehow. "I'm sorry, " I whispered.

Every single thing you've been through in your life has had a purpose.

Before my first novel, I was dating a woman who later went to prison for bashing a guy with a hammer.

The truth about Chanel's bespoke femininity is that a woman can do or say whatever she wants as long as she's wearing pearls.

Calamitous collapse is better than mediocre defeat!

I don't like this world. I definitely do not like it. The society in which I live disgusts me; advertising sickens me; computers make me puke.

I could have signed for Newcastle when I was 17, but I decided I would be better off at Carlisle. I'd had a drink that night.

Only man has law. Law must be built, do you understand me? You must build the law.