I would prefer not to throw myself on a funeral pyre. Please come back to me.

It’s better to live like a flame, to know a man and love him even if he can’t be yours, then never to love at all.

Here, drink your liqueur," Henry said, tossing back her drink. "I carry it with me everywhere because it's the only kind of drink that Leo doesn't like, so there's a chance I'll still have some tomorrow.

Dogs come when they're called; cats take a message and get back to you later.

If you throw me out of this house, I shall sleep on the path outside. If you return to the Continent without me, I shall follow you. I will build a willow hut at your gate; I will sleep under your window; I will be waiting for you at your own front door.

Cats always land on their feet. Dogs don't.

I never did learn how to live in the moment, but I did learn that moments could be wasted and the world would continue to spin on its axis.