Where Would The Irish Be Without Someone

Princess Bibesco Delighted In A Semi-ideal World - A World Which, Though Having A Counterpart In Her Experience, Was To A Great Extent Brought Into Being By Her Own Temperament And, One Might Say, Flair.

Art Is One Thing That Can Go On Mattering Once It Has Stopped Hurting.

Yes, Writing A Novel, My Boy, Is Like Driving Pigs To Market - You Have One Of Them Making A Bolt Down The Wrong Lane; Another Won't Get Over The Right Stile.

If You Look At Life One Way, There Is Always Cause For Alarm.

In 'real Life' Everything Is Diluted; In The Novel Everything Is Condensed.