Truthfulness so often goes with ruthlessness. - Dodie Smith, I Capture the Castle

"Thinking of death--strange, beautiful, terrible and a long way off--made me feel happier than ever."

"I think it [religion] is an art, the greatest one; an extension of the communion all the other arts attempt."

"Perhaps if I make myself write I shall find out what is wrong with me."

"I only want to write. And there's no college for that except life."

"Perhaps watching someone you love suffer can teach you even more than suffering yourself can."