Do you recall Fred Merriville?” She stared at him. “Fred Merriville? Pray, what has he to say to anything?” “The poor fellow has nothing to say: he’s dead, alas!

As soon as one promises not to do something, it becomes the one thing above all others that one most wishes to do.

It was growing late, and though one might stand on the brink of a deep chasm of disaster, one was still obliged to dress for dinner.

No one could have called Mr. Standen quick-witted, but the possession of three sisters had considerably sharpened his instinct of self-preservation.

When fate is got it in for you, there is no limit to what you may have to put up with.

There is nothing so mortifying as to fall in love with someone who does not share one's sentiments.

Talking to you is like -- like talking to an eel!" "No, is it? I've never tried to talk to an eel. Isn't it as waste of time?" "Not such a waste of time as talking to you!

You may have married her, but she is mine. Do you think I shall let you take her? She may be ten times your wife, but, by God, you shall never have her.

She decided that her wisest course would be to put him out of her mind. After reaching this conclusion she lay thinking about him until at last she fell asleep.

You don't feel you could marry me instead? Got no brains, of course, and I ain't a handsome fellow, like Jack, but I love you. Don't think I could ever love anyone else.

Oh, Randall, don't be such a vile beast!" "I don't think much of that",he said critically. "Amiable snake was much better.

We know how it ends practically before it starts. That´s why stories appeal to us. They give us the clarity and simplicity our real lives lack".

Know yourself as you are – particles of start-dust moving through the eternal ocean of time, trying to make whatever little difference you can.

Anyone who remains silent in the face of murder is an accomplice to murder. Anyone who does not condemn approves.

It means a lot to me, the sanctity of marriage.

Try LSD, 100mg intramuscular... I thought so.

How to fold a diaper depends on the size of the baby and the diaper.

I have no intention of resigning, and confidently expect to resume official duties within three months.

When a monster stopped behaving like a monster, did it stop being a monster? Did it become something else?

The Earth is moving right now.

In youth alone, unhappy mortals live; But, ah! the mighty bliss is fugitive: Discolour'd sickness, anxious labour, come, And age, and death's inexorable doom.