It is a truth universally acknowledge that there will always be a gentleman to dance with, except at just the moment when you require one most.

That was the way love was, she guessed-it left you always unsteady on your feet.

All really interesting girls invent themselves.

It's the craziest thing, but I can't stop thinking about you.

They were all dressed in their finest as though life really were some magical stage play in which every moment ought to be illuminated with its own bright spotlight.

We see our sins reflected everywhere: in the pallor of our intimates’ faces, in the scratching of tree branches against windows, in the strange movements of everyday objects. These may be messages from God or tricks of the eye, but in neither case are we permitted to ignore them.

It is easy to forget now, how effervescent and free we all felt that summer.