The only advantage of not being too good a housekeeper is that your guests are so pleased to feel how very much better they are.
Have convictions. Be friendly. Stick to your beliefs as they stick to theirs....
There's no regret. You can't regret. I mean I've felt regret but I've also...
I don't think the relationship between novels and realities are one to one. Of course novels play different roles. It's essentially just a long narrative form. What you use that long narrative form for can be very different.