I was quite reckless and spent far too much on clothes and things--but that's not what matters--it's the effect on one's inner self that matters.

And now I'm going through the pangs of revulsion, and just wondering where I can find anything that's true and satisfying.

I believe it may be a kind of birth into a new life--coming out here you know and all the rest.' She stopped, her long golden brown eyes fixed Sphinx-like on Joan, who returned the gaze, but did not answer in words.

Biddy went on: 'YOUR work is practical--not idealistic.

I believe the truth of it all is that the idealists haven't built up on a practical basis.