No matter how hard a man may labor, some woman is always in the background of his mind. She is the one reward of virtue.
Gertrude AthertonNowhere can it rain harder and with a more tiresome persistence than in California during the brief season when it rains at all.
Gertrude AthertonNever trust a woman who will not lie about her age after thirty. She is unwomanly and unhuman and there is no knowing what crimes she will commit.
Gertrude Atherton