Diana knew it wouldn't be right, but then she told herself that things only looked wrong when there was someone to see you.

So this was betrayal. It was like being left alone in the desert at dusk without water or warmth. It left your mouth dry and will broken. It sapped your tears and made you hollow.

Living too much in one's head can be dangerous.

Though her emotions had not deviated from a jittery frailty she knew that in her own room she could at least attempt sleep and that if she dreamed she might then finally be with Henry.

She felt so much aware of her own beauty it seemed inconceivable that everybody else wouldn't notice the difference too.

She had rarely been near Henry since then, and the sight of him now was like a concentrated dose.

The value of secrets is ever fluctuating although ladies who have been in society for a long time learn that a secret kept can be worth more than a secret told.

Instead, he sat in the parlor of his family's Fifth Avenue mansion, growing older by the minute just like everybody else.

Things only looked wrong when there was someone to see you.

They will stop calling brides beautiful after today—you have simply set the standard too high, ' he said.

It was disgraceful but also romantic enough to make Lina's heart turn.

There's more to life than cause and effect.

...pray for the grace to realize that no matter where you are, you are in the presence of the Lord.

Owning a great golf course gives you great power.

The inherent corruption of man can often bring down the best system.

It was the era of photography. This may have influenced us, and played a part in our reaction against anything resembling a snapshot of life. (On the year 1905)

If one day someone came up to me and was like, 'Look, you're never going to act again,' I don't know what I would do.

It is indifferent to me where I am to begin, for there shall I return again.

I have a lot of respect for readers because I'm a reader. That's how I got into writing.

As long as you are conscious of yourself, you can never concentrate on anything.

Love makes money-grabbing seem contemptible; love makes class prejudice impossible; love makes selfish ambition a thing to be despised; love converts enemies into friends.