As soon as one promises not to do something, it becomes the one thing above all others that one most wishes to do.

O God, I love you to the edge of madness, Venetia, but I'm not mad yet--not so mad that I don't know how disastrous it might be to you--to us both! You don't realize what an advantage I should be taking of your innocence!

What I mean is, like you to have everything you want. Wished it was me, that's all

When fate is got it in for you, there is no limit to what you may have to put up with.

Your fate is writ clear;you will be murdered. I cannot conceive how it comes about that you were not murdered long since! How odd!Charles himself once said that to me, or something like it! There is nothing odd in it; any sensible man must say it!

I daresay Freddy might not be a great hand at slaying dragons- but one has not the smallest need of a man who can kill dragons!

Is it not insupportable to be held down to a canter when you long to gallop for miles?