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

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

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

So this is how life was, she thought with a faint smile: It wore you down until you emerged at its wildest, most unexpected ends.

Her heart the damned thing had begun to race and she only hoped that the rapid inflation and deflation of her chest wasn't visible beneath her fitted bodice.

A lady must retain always her composure. Even in a rainstorm, she must appear joyous and dry. When she loses her composure, then the respect of her peers and her staff will follow in short order.

Heart-stopping envy is the sincerest form of flattery.