They will stop calling brides beautiful after today—you have simply set the standard too high,' he said.

You don’t need to marry a man with millions. You only need to be your exquisite self.

He was just like summer, and she loved summer. If she had any wish, it would be to live a lifetime of summers.

But in that moment she realized how false most smiles were and what a tremendous waste of time.

A young woman, newly wed, may find herself in the delightful position of wanting to do nothing without the company of her darling husband. She may indeed discover that she spends all her waking hours with her fellow to the exclusion of every other friend or family member. This is understandable, but wholly unacceptable, to society.

Love is all right, as things go, but lovers can be a terrible waste of a girl's time.

Her life, she realized, had all the charm of a steel trap.