"White Teeth" Quotes

A lady's imagination is very rapid; it jumps from admiration to love, from love to matrimony in a moment.

We all commit our crimes. The thing is to not lie about them, to try to understand what you have done honestly, and not to be overly sorry for things that were meant to happen.

The human heart is as transient as morning dew; it is not meant to last forever.

What you do in this world is a matter of no consequence. The question is what can you make people believe you have done.

Friendship is certainly the finest balm for the pangs of disappointed love.

Everyone has to learn to live with their best efforts.

Happiness in marriage is entirely a matter of chance.

It's one of the greatest gifts you can give yourself, to forgive. Forgive everybody.

There are not so many truly evil people around. Or at least, they do not exist in such concentrations as they would appear to in these pages.

Always try to keep a patch of sky above your life.