It is always difficult for a woman to be grateful for a form of chivalry that seems to be based on the premise that she is a moron.

In a world where England is finished and dead: I do not wish to live.

Silences, as every observer knows, have strange characteristics all their own - passionate silences, and hateful silences, and silences full of friendly, purring content.

People love to talk but hate to listen.

When a woman like that whom I've seen so much, All of a sudden drops out of touch; Is always busy and never can, Spare you a moment, it means a man.

Conversation is a partnership, not a relation of master and slave, as most people try to make it.

Hate is perhaps the most dynamic of all emotions - fear may immobilize, love may stay the hand, but hate urges to action.