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.

Discretion is a synonym for intelligence.

One more time, she promised herself. That wasn't too trollopy. She wouldn't be too trollopy. But when they actually got to the guardhouse? Trollopy.

Let go of the anger, hang on to the good lessons.

You are absolutely beautiful," Anne said. "But if you see yourself, you'll want to pin your hair back like a shepherdess in a bad play." (Eleanor) "Are you saying that I normally look as if I'm tending sheep? With straw in my hair? As if I might yodel?

I didn't realize you needed a response. When Hamlet is giving a monologue, he just goes on and on by himself.

The books weren't exactly Linnet's general reading fare, but a desperate woman will read anything.