She had always been fond of history, and here [in Rome] was history in the stones of the street and the atoms of the sunshine.

I mean that everything this afternoon has been too beautiful, and that perhaps everything together will never be so right again. I'm very glad therefore you've been a part of it.

She had always been fond of history, and here [in Rome] was history in the stones of the street and the atoms of the sunshine.

She had a certain way of looking at life which he took as a personal offense.

I don’t think I pity her. She doesn’t strike me as a girl that suggests compassion. I think I envy her... I don’t know whether she is a gifted being, but she is a clever girl, with a strong will and a high temper. She has no idea of being bored...Very pretty indeed; but I don’t insist upon that. It’s her general air of being someone in particular that strikes me.

Innocent and infinite are the pleasures of observation.

Money's a horrid thing to follow, but a charming thing to meet.