No one can control his emotion of love for a woman ... the sentiment he feels, I mean, but the strong man controls the demonstration.
Elinor GlynIt's that quality possessed by some which draws al others with magnetic force. With 'IT' you win all men if you are a womanโand all women if you are a man. 'IT' can be a quality of the mind as well as a physical attraction.
Elinor Glynhow much better to make no vow; then at least when the cord of attraction snaps, we can go free, still defying the lightning in our untarnished pride.
Elinor GlynEverything is 'colossalized' - events, fortunes, accidents, climate, conversation, ambitions - everything is in the extreme ... They can't even have a tram run off a line, which in England or France might kill one or two people, without its making a holocaust of half a street full. ... The thing which surprises me is they should still employ animals of normal size; one would expect to see elephants and mammoths drawing the hansoms and carts!
Elinor Glyn