Oh, yes. I mean to marry him. But not because I want him to give me a life. I want to marry him to share the life I already have. The difference, I think you will find, is a significant one.

If you were a man, your ladyship, I would cordially horsewhip you for that remark.

You are curious and quick, you have a deft mind, and for some unaccountable reason, people tell you things -- useful things.

But this is a thing that I know--to live with fear is not to live at all. A man will die every moment he is afraid.

Fate is by far the greatest mystery of all.

She didn't look at me and I didn't look at her. Some questions are so direct the only way to ask them is sideways.

I see only a little, lady, but I know that your fortune is as twined with his as the ivy to the oak.

Now I was more certain than ever of my decision. I could not love a man who did not love Jane Austen.

One is not born English without knowing how to converse easily about the weather.

If one has a purpose, life is bearable enough, do you not think so?

I adored history, not the dry dates and boring battles, but the stories and the people who populated them.

It does not take the striking pose of a high-fashion model or the strict stance of someone in uniform to earn respect and admiration.

The moon was a crescent, thin and sharp as the blade of a knife.

I do think of emotions as being on a circular path, so you can feel terrible and terrible and terrible, and then all of a sudden it becomes quite funny.

Innocence is one of the most exciting things in the world.

Even though I had a lucrative contract with MGM, I had a husband who was drinking and gambling our money away faster than I could make it.

In the world of relationships, possibly the most complicated, uncommon, hard to find, hard to keep and most rewarding has got to be friendship.

If I cared for human approval, I would have been dead long ago.

Learn to share your love with others, but keep part of this love for yourself

Love is a disease no one wants to get rid of. Those who catch it never try to get better, and those who suffer do not wish to be cured.

And none at all has ridden at the king's side since Aerinha, goddess of honor and flame, first taught men to forge their blades. You'd think Aerinha would have had better sense.