One sort of believes in recycling. But one believes in it as a kind of palliative to the gods. - Fay Weldon

Nothing happens, and nothing happens, and then everything happens.

Widows tend either to fade away when husbands die, committing emotional suttee, or else find that a new life burgeons. Here in Christchurch, a lot of burgeoning goes on.

Young women especially have something invested in being nice people, and it's only when you have children that you realise you’re not a nice person at all, but generally a selfish bully.