“That was the worst truth of all: alone. The word was a kind of death.”

“We believe world peace is inevitable.”

“She knew in her heart that to be without optimism that core of reasonless hope in the spirit rather than the brain was a fatal flaw the seed of death.”

“Disillusion in an ache that eats into the dreams of goodness, of love, of any value that matters - even to the very belief in life.”

“People lie to cover their mistakes, and then make even worse ones to cover their lies.”

“I don't expect answers from anyone. The most I ever hope for is that here and there one may find someone who at least acknowledges the question!”

“To take for granted one's blessings is a damage to the soul, and in time one will lose them, simply from lack of care. One should never tire of nourishing and treasuring all that is lovely.”

“People only tell lies when the truth is disagreeable to them, or frightens them, or to cover sin.”

“How quickly a moment sinks into the past.”

“Your own gown is most delicately suitable, both to the occasion and to yourself,' to be translated: Your gown is insipid and entirely forgettable. If you wear it on every other occasion this entire season, no one will notice or care.”

“You can like people and still betray them, if it was for a cause you believed in passionately enough. You have to betray other people rather than betray yourself--if that's what it comes to.”