"For a dyed-in-the-wool author, nothing is as dead as a book once it is written. She is rather like a cat whose kittens have grown up."

"The motto was "Pax," but the word was set in a circle of thorns."

"The stitch of a book is its words."

"If books were Persian carpets, one would not look only at the outer side. because it is the stitch that makes a carpet wear, gives it its life and bloom."