I've never thought of my characters as being sad. On the contrary, they are full of life. They didn't choose read more

I've never thought of my characters as being sad. On the contrary, they are full of life. They didn't choose tragedy. Tragedy chose them.

Unexplained joy is always so keen that... it seems to hold enough to reconcile one to the inevitable.

Unexplained joy is always so keen that... it seems to hold enough to reconcile one to the inevitable.

When one door closes, another opens; but we often look so long and so regretfully upon the closed door that read more

When one door closes, another opens; but we often look so long and so regretfully upon the closed door that we do not see the one which has opened for us.

Accept everything about yourself - I mean everything, You are you and that is the beginning and the end - read more

Accept everything about yourself - I mean everything, You are you and that is the beginning and the end - no apologies, no regrets.

In private grief with careless scorn. In public seem to triumph and not to mourn.

In private grief with careless scorn. In public seem to triumph and not to mourn.

I have no regrets because I know I did my best -- all I could do.

I have no regrets because I know I did my best -- all I could do.

Make it a rule of life never to regret and never to look back. Regret is an appalling waste of read more

Make it a rule of life never to regret and never to look back. Regret is an appalling waste of energy; you can't build on it; it's only for wallowing in.

I don't have regrets, there are only lessons. You learn from them, and you become a better person.

I don't have regrets, there are only lessons. You learn from them, and you become a better person.

One often calms one's grief by recounting it.

One often calms one's grief by recounting it.