I knew that what I had felt was envy or regret, not for something lost but for something never achieved. - P. D. James

Because English is spoken and written in so many forms for a variety of purposes throughout the world it is surely important that English in its highest form should be taught, spoken and valued in this country. Yet few would deny that standards of written and spoken English are in decline among all sections of the community and that we are in real danger of becoming an illiterate society.

If there's any sort of existence after death we shall all know it soon enough. If there isn't, we shan't exist to complain that we've been cheated.

To enjoy the sole attention of one agreeable man and no attention at all from anyone else was all she ever hoped from a party.