“They were from different generations, culture, nations. But even these things did not divide them so much as their separate conceptions of what it meant to be a woman.”

“They were from different generations, culture, nations. But even these things did not divide them so much as their separate conceptions of what it meant to be a woman.”

“The love between a writer and a reader is never celebrated.”

“Suddenly, she employed those very English weapons: devious good manners and a rapid change of subject.”

“Freedom: both so priceless and so expensive.”