One's Duty Is To Feel What Is

Before Her Marriage She Had Thought That She Had Love Within Her Grasp; But Since The Happiness Which She Had Expected This Love To Bring Her Hadn’t Come, She Supposed She Must Have Been Mistaken. And Emma Tried To Imagine Just What Was Meant, In Life, By The Words “bliss,” “passion,” And “rapture” - Words That Had Seemed So Beautiful To Her In Books.

One Mustn't Ask Apple Trees For Oranges, France For Sun, Women For Love, Life For Happiness.

The Art Of Writing Is The Art Of Discovering What You Believe.

I'm Absolutely Removed From The World At Such Times...the Hours Go By Without My Knowing It. Sitting There I'm Wandering In Countries I Can See Every Detail Of - I'm Playing A Role In The Story I'm Reading. I Actually Feel I'm The Characters - I Live And Breath With Them.

By Dint Of Railing At Idiots, One Runs The Risk Of Becoming An Idiot Oneself.