She felt so much aware of her own beauty it seemed inconceivable that everybody else wouldn't notice the difference too.

Heart-stopping envy is the sincerest form of flattery.

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

Oh yes, well, I find myself unconventional everywhere.

That was how the heroine of a book would play it and Diana was still writing her own story the best heroines she'd always believed took their fate into their own hands.

Even when a girl is married she still never completely leaves her mother and father's home.

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