All women become like their mothers. That is their tragedy. No man does. That's his.

An engagement should come on a young girl as a surprise, pleasant or unpleasant as the case may be.

The truth is rarely pure and never simple. Modern life would be very tedious if it were either, and modern literature a complete impossibility!

To lose one parent, Mr Worthing, may be regarded as a misfortune; to lose both looks like carelessness.

As the little boy said when asked if he wanted to be a lawyer like his mother, 'Oh no, that's women's work.' (Outrageous Acts and Everyday Rebellions)

I have a grand - I wouldn't call my grandmother domineering, no, but this novel is about the way that family traits echo and reverberate through generations an…

Biologically and temperamentally, I believe women were made to be concerned first and foremost with child care, husband care and home care.