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

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.

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

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.

The merit of all things lies in their difficulty.

I sleep lightly and tread to keep my head out of the sea of dreams.

Women, churchgoers, and conservative were more likely than men, nonchurch goers, and liberals to disagree with the reductionist (neural) account of human life.

Forgive me for not loving how you deserve.With weak knees that in their grand gesture can only collapse instead of bow.

Finding that balance between work and family is the hardest thing I've ever done - by far.

Sometimes coloring outside the lines can cost you. Only you can figure out if it’s worth it.

We all have many opportunities, but limited capacity to pursue them. Make choices, focus your time and energy, so that you can submit your share of masterpieces to the greater good.

Whatever disagreement there may be as to the scope of the phrase "due process of law" there can be no doubt that it embraces the fundamental conception of a fair trial, with opportunity to be heard.

An author's characters do what he wants them to do.

O that a lady, of one man refused, Should of another therefore be abused!