She had had no idea what it would do to her seeing him in a suit.

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

The world is such a marvel - it gave you trials, but if you were still and concentrated, if you tried to do the right thing, it always provided you with salvation.

The value of secrets is ever fluctuating although ladies who have been in society for a long time learn that a secret kept can be worth more than a secret told.

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.

Diana felt she was beginning to understand why, in all those novels she read, the headiest loves were the loves that couldn't be.