..he continues to cling to the forlorn hope that I will turn into one of those swooning females...and fling myself squeeling at him whenever anything happens. Like all men, he clings to his illusions.

If someone lies down and invites you to trample upon him, you are a remarkable individual if you decline the invitation.

I would never have supposed that inexperienced girl was capable of such cold-blooded, calculating manipulation!

Children, I feel, are as much entitled to privacy as human beings.

Nefret had always had an uncanny ability to read his thoughts. 'Did she cry?' she asked sweetly. 'And then you kissed her? You shouldn't have done that. I'm sure you meant well, but kissing someone out of pity is always a mistake.

When emotion supersedes reason ... gullibility must follow.

I never meant to marry. In my opinion, a woman born in the last half of the nineteenth century of the Christian era suffered from enough disadvantages without willfully embracing another.