Most successes are unhappy. That's why they are successes-they have to reassure themselves about themselves by achieving something that the world wil… - Agatha Christie

The happy people are failures because they are on such good terms with themselves they don't give a damn.

Because this is just what a nightmare is. Walking about among people you know, looking in their faces- and suddenly the faces change- and it's not someone you know any longer- it's a stranger- a cruel stranger.

It's as easy to utter lies as truth.

Mrs. Oliver in her own opinion was famous for her intuition. One intuition succeeded another with remarkable rapidity, and Mrs. Oliver always claimed the right to justify the particular intuition which turned out to be right!