“There is no happily-ever-after to run to. We have to work for happiness.”

“Life is a precious possession...It is what one makes of it. - Charity Duncan”

“I fancy the romantic image of myself being soothed and inspired by music and the sweet aroma and flickering lights of candles.”

“I have a British voice and a rather formal one at that, having been brought up in post-WWII Britain. My voice is perfectly suited to the sort of book I write, I think. It would not fit a contemporary, besides which I do not know enough about the contemporary world to write convincingly or comfortabl...”