I can't imagine what possessed you to propose to me." "Well that will give you something to puzzle over any time you can't sleep.

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.

So this gargoyle you're looking for, she could imagine herself saying. It wouldn't happen to have freaky magical powers, or the ability to devour human souls, would it?

If I had a philosophy, it's that I support the beautiful side of anarchy.

There are so many people in the world with so many different perspectives. But ultimately, at the heart of it, they're people.

Should we be rewriting history just to make people feel good? That's not history, that's psychiatry.

The price of empire is America's soul, and that price is too high.

There's a lot of other [than Donald Trump] people that say things you may call insulting, but no one seems to care about that.

You know, it's kind of hard because I really - I see kids on their Rollerblades and their bikes, and just running around, climbing trees, and I used to do that. And I loved doing that.

As long as I can remember, I wanted to be a writer.

Pain explains a great deal of human conduct, but the fear of pain even more.

I am not really certain how original my contribution to music is as I am obviously an amateur.