"Henry James created more convincing women than Iris Murdoch put together."

"Whoever said, 'It's not whether you win or lose that counts,' probably lost!"

"When the student is ready. . . the lesson appears."

"There鈥檚 nothing like seeing a photo of yourself in happier days speeding toward your face in anger."

"One who says unpleasant things about others, will himself quickly become a target of their scandal."

"Nothing in life is static; it either gets better, or it gets worse."

"Hope is both the earliest and the most indispensable virtue inherent in the state of being alive. If life is to be sustained hope must remain, even where confidence is wounded, trust impaired."

"Blessed is the season which engages the whole world in a conspiracy of love."

"The happiest people seem to be those who have no particular reason for being happy except that they are so."

"Make visible what, without you, might perhaps never have been seen."

"To find fault is easy; to do better may be difficult."

"I'm out of the loop, and that's the way I like it."