When fate is got it in for you, there is no limit to what you may have to put up with.

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.

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.

Do you forget that I am your sister?” “No; I’ve never been granted the opportunity to forget it.

He spoke Spanish, English, Italian, and just enough of every other language to be able to charm women around the world.

I want my name to mean me.

If I was doing a talk show, I would do the kind of show that comes on just once a month, with amazing guests.

Young men make great mistakes in life; for one thing, they idealize love too much.

He who picks up one end of a stick picks up the other. He who chooses the beginning of a road chooses the place it leads to. It is the means that determine the end.

We can go on talking about racism and who treated whom badly, but what are you going to do about it? Are you going to wallow in that or are you going to create your own agenda?

The beauty of me is I'm always going to ask. I'll never not ask.

Some days it don't come easy Some days it don't come hard Some days it don't come at all And these are the days that never end

One has to choose a word in English. If you want to be eligible for a literary prize you have to designate it as something.

His own government, suing him, that's not Chocolate Sundae!