I Can't Exist Without Books.

There Are Only Two Periods In A Woman's Life When She Hopes To Be Taken For Older Than She Is, Under Sixteen And Over Ninety.

Nobody Really Lives In The Present.

Growing Old Is Not All Sweetness And Light. Old Women Especially Are Invisible.

The Knives Of Jealousy Are Honed On Details.

They Say You Cannot Make A Noise To Annoy Yourself.