"Friendship is born at the moment when one man says to another "What! You too? I thought that no one but myself."

"I was with book, as a woman is with child"

"Eating and reading are two pleasures that combine admirably."

"You can never get a cup of tea large enough or a book long enough to suit me."

"You can make anything by writing."

"Getting over a painful experience is much like crossing monkey bars. You have to let go at some point in order to move forward."