Theatre

As nothing is more dead than a love that has burnt itself out, so no subject is less interesting to an author than one upon which he has said his say.

‘I don’t wonder. When you start thinking of the past it means you ain’t got no future, don’t it?’

Because her love had died she felt that life had cheated her.

Of course bread is only a habit,' said Michael. 'It's wonderful how soon you can break yourself of it if you set your mind to it.'

It was a meal designed to satisfy legitimate hunger, but not to produce fat.

In point of fact there was grilled sole,

raised his supercilious eyebrows

he house was furnished in extremely good taste, with a judicious mixture of the antique and the modern,

Julia talked very differently to herself and to other people: when she talked to herself her language was racy.

to put him at his ease