I Am Ill At Ease With People

I Am Ill At Ease With People Whose Lives Are An Open Book.

The Plot Is Not Very Important To Me, Though A Novel Must Have One, Of Course. It's Just A Line To Hang The Washing On.

A Plot Is Like The Bones Of A Person, Not Interesting Like Expression, Or Signs Of Experience, But The Support Of The Whole.

People Who Have Power Respond Simply. They Have No Minds But Their Own.

Duty Is Seldom Liked Either By The Doer Or The Object ... And Why Should It Be? It Is Not Often Of Advantage To Either.