The living are made of nothing but flaws. The dead, with each passing day in the afterlife, become more and more impeccable to those who remain earthbound.

Living too much in one's head can be dangerous.

Among her other talents were forgetting what she did not like and ignoring what she preferred not to see.

It is well known that a man, when wooing a lady to be his wife, must first win over the females she most confides in—her friends, of course, and her sister, if she has one.

She was a vision in a white gown her dark hair forming a hazy halo around her rosy heart-shaped face. Her long lashes fluttered to touch her cheeks and then her eyes opened fully in his direction. Her small round mouth flexed in an immediate and knowing smile. That's the girl I'm going to marry Henry thought.

They were a society whose chief vocations were to entertain and be entertained.

I can't imagine what my life was before. I can't imagine ever being without you for very long again.