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“To have some account of my thoughts, manners, acquaintance and actions, when the hour arrives in which time is more nimble than memory, is the reason which induces me to keep a journal: a journal in which I must confess my every thought, must open my whole heart!”
Source : Frances Burney, Fanny Burney (2015). “Complete Works of Frances Burney (Delphi Classics)”, p.3739, Delphi Classics
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“Change the problem by changing your mind.”
Source : Ken MacLeod (2012). “Intrusion”, p.13, Hachette UK
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“I have learned a lot about good and evil - they are not always what they appear to be.”
Source : "Fictional character: Charles Van Doren". "Quiz Show", 1994.
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“I knew what I had to do as party leader had to be sensible and relate to the real situation we were in, rather than a situation you would like to have.”
Source : Source: www.newsletter.co.uk
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“Two bones fell down my chimney and into the bedroom this morning. Hysterical thing to happen to a thriller writer. Murderous ravens perhaps?”
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“No circumstance would prevent over-population so effectually as a general raising of the customary standard of comfort among the poorer classes. If they had accustomed themselves to a more comfortable style of living, they would use every effort not again to sink below it.”
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“My novels are certainly more exciting than my own life.”
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“There are some places you love with your heart, and there are some places that you love with your mind- the places that you love with both are called 'libraries'”
