Always stay sharp on railways and cruise ships for transit has a way of making everything clear.

Heart-stopping envy is the sincerest form of flattery.

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

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.

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

She was trying to sound tough and impatient, but she knew that vulnerable desire to be wooed was still brimming in her tone.

You love her," Teddy observed quietly. Henry replied with an uncharacteristic lack of irony: "Yes." Teddy's eyes shifted to the plaster interlacing that decorated the ceiling in curlicues. "Lord, you never make it easy, do you." "No.