She had rarely been near Henry since then, and the sight of him now was like a concentrated dose.

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.

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.

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

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.

If the intent is right, why waste time thinking about the consequences.

The things we remember are what we hold on to. And what we hold on to becomes the story of our lives.

There are no wrong books. What's wrong is the fear of them.

Your behavior is based on your beliefs, and what you do and say, over and over again, helps develop your habits.

I know I probably offend some people. I have been talking a little too much so I'm trying not to talk as much.

Gangsta to us didn't have anything to do with Al Capone and stuff like that. It's just about living your life the way you want to live it. And you're not going to let nothing stop you.

I'm lucky enough that directors sometimes seek me out for little projects that people don't even know about, that just surface later on.

The challenges facing Britain required not just a cool head, but a heart burning with the desire for change - not business as usual but a bold vision.

I've been going to China every year now for more than a decade.

For there no yew nor cypress spread their glom But roses blossom'd each rustic tomb.