"It's perfectly useless to ask people why they get married, but I fancy I know the reason, just the same. They may thi…"

"Long ago, when the world was young for many of us, we believed in marriage as a great adventure, and if the world has…"

"Who honestly believes that he or she is extravagant? Not one, believe me. We all have our little ways of saving strin…"

"Enjoying an extraordinary knowledge of languages (ancient and modern), literature, and art, by his cultured personali…"

"Shatter her beauteous breast ye may; The Spirit of England none can slay! Dash the bomb on the dome of Paul's, — Deem…"

"Ideally, if anything were any good, it would be indescribable."

"I think style chooses you... if I could choose, I would write like Jane Austen and I would draw like Rembrandt."

"If you're doing nonsense it has to be rather awful, because there'd be no point. I'm trying to think if there's sunny…"

"Of course I believe in graphology, also palmistry, the I Ching, the tarot, astrology, and all those other delicious t…"

"I used to maintain that if it couldn't be put into words it didn't exist; if anything I believe rather the opposite now."