How old does one have to be still to say tits?

The Jews had holidays that turned up out of the blue and the Catholics had children in much the same way.

Still, for all that everybody, while not happy, is not unhappy about it. And so they go on.

The more institutions and freedoms and benefits one can take for granted – of which in my view free state-supported galleries and museums come high on the list – the more civilised a society is.

Books are wonderful, aren't they?' she said to the vice-chancellor who concurred. 'At the risk of sounding like a piece of steak,' she said, 'they tenderise one.

Proust's is a long book, though, water- skiing permitting, you could get through it in the summer recess

The prime minister did not wholly believe in the past or in any lessons that might be drawn from it.

The king is up. You attend on the king, not on the clock. When the king is awake, you are awake.

You don't put your life into books. You find it there.