I never saw film stars at home. We had no maid, no cook, no swimming pool.
“The only time a woman really succeeds in changing a man is when he's a baby.”
“At night, when the sky is full of stars and the sea is still you get the wonderful sensation that you are floating in space.”
“The only time a woman really succeeds in changing a man is when he is a baby.”
“Witches are naturally nosy, said Miss Tick, standing up. Well, I must go. I hope we shall meet again. I will give you some free advice, though.Will it cost me anything?What? I just said it was free...”
“How can you be one of the stars of heaven, when the stars are innumerable? What star number do you have?”
“His words were full of hope and threat. Like the stars.”
“the cocoon like water, the labored trance and rhythmic breath of lap swimming had done their work, had unwound the restless feeling into nothingness.”
“Water was something he loved, something he respected. He understood its beauty and its dangers. He talked about swimming as if it were a way of life.”
“I never speak in silence.”
“Admitting failure is quite cleansing, but never - pleasurable.”
“What we have once enjoyed we can never lose. All that we love deeply becomes a part of us.”