“Its probably not just by chance that Im alone. It would be very hard for a man to live with me, unless hes terribly strong. And if hes stronger than I, Im the one who cant live with him. Im neithe...”

“There is no time for cut-and-dried monotony. There is time for work. And time for love. That leaves no other time.”

“Simplicity is the keynote of all true elegance.”

“My life didn't please me, so I created my life.”

“There are people who have money and people who are rich.”

“A woman with good shoes i never ugly!”

“There are many things that make a man irritable when he arrives home from work in the evening and a sensible wife will usually notice the storm-signals and will leave him alone until he simmers down.”

“Oblivion, she thought. That was the world she lived in. It was what they should name some countries, towns, and places.”

“A lot of men wouldn't like being called a romantic. It's not macho enough.'Quite often men are fools.”