The life of every man is a diary in which he means to write one story, and writes another; and his humblest hour is when he compares the volume as it is with what he vowed to make it.

-Barrie, SirJ(ames) M(atthew)
The Little Minister, vol.1, ch.1.

The diary will really try and tell people who you are and what you were. The alternative is writing nothing, or creating a totally lifeless, as it is leafless, garden.

-Fowles,John Robert
  The Journals: Volume1.

When all is said and done, leading a good life is more important than keeping a good diary.

-Sassoon, Siegfried Louvain
  Diary entry, 8 Jul.

The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole Aged13.

-Townsend, Sue
34 1982  Title of book.