"Co-mingling really disturbs a lot of the purists, who want to see the historical and cultural divides instead of the meshing."

“Don't get depressed when you read the press about world revolution and social unrest. Try not to panic when you switch on the news and see crooked politicians and unemployment queues.”

“Too many Americans have twisted the sensible right to pursue happiness into the delusion that we are entitled to a guarantee of happiness. If we don't get exactly what we want, we assume someone must be violating our rights. We're no longer willing to write off some of life's disappointments to simple bad luck.”

“I've always been spiritual but I've never had a proper context, and it took me awhile to find the proper context. It's hard to realize you can have any kind of relationship with God you want... and so I now have a punk rock relationship with God.”

“He looked at her. "I will miss you, Montana. For the first time in my life, I'll regret leaving someone behind.”

Source : Susan Mallery (2011). “Only Yours”, p.131, Harlequin

“The most happy women within their homes are those who have married sensible men. The latter suffer themselves to be governed with so much the more pleasure, as they are always masters of themselves.”

“Life is all about seating and lighting.”

Source : "Vanity flair". Interview with Janine Gibson, www.theguardian.com. December 10, 2007.

“But the vast majority of books ever written are not accessible to anyone except the most tenacious researchers at premier academic libraries. Books written after 1923 quickly disappear into a literary black hole.”

“Only by not forgetting the past can we be the master of the future.”

Source : "Literary witness to century of turmoil". "China Daily", November 24, 2003.