It seemed any young woman at odds with her place in life--be she a genteel lady or a serving girl--might find a happier home within the pages of a book.

Cleverness is like rouge - liberal application makes a woman look common and desperate. Wit is knowing how to apply it.

Squabbling over too little is just human nature. But it says a great deal about a person, what they do with abundance.

It was only a matter of time. She would love him before the week was out and it would be gloriously terrible, wonderfully hopeless.

You're an intensely attractive woman. You do know that, don't you?" To her silence, he replied, "You'd believe me if you could see your

Her, ” he said. “I’ll take her.

Don’t. Don’t play that game.” His brow pressed to hers. “When I heard you cry out . . . it was like a saber to the gut. I wanted to die.

Why did men have to ruin everything? The answer was simple, she supposed—because foolish women gave them the chance

If you didn't earn something, it's not worth flaunting.

You can never destroy the barbarian culture of hatred, violence, and death by killing barbarians. You have to destroy the philosophy that makes them barbarian.

It was raining that night, when we kissed for the first time.

In fame's temple there is always a niche to be found for rich dunces importunate scoundrels or successful butchers of the human race.

Faith is the first factor in a life devoted to service. Without it, nothing is possible. With it, nothing is impossible.

Although I'm a very emotional man, I just can't have blind faith, I have to find out for myself.

Conservatives used to believe in confronting hard truths, not succumbing to comforting fairy tales. Some still do.

On the Continent people have good food; in England people have good table manners.

My father taught me how to be a parent and gave me a positive connection with men because he is a gentleman.

Once again, I think there is little art being done that really owns up to such intense possibilities.