If I could not be persuaded into doing what I thought wrong, I never will be tricked into it.

I . . . am always half afraid of finding a clever novel too clever--& of finding my own story & my own people all forestalled.

In nine cases out of ten, a woman had better show more affection than she feels.

All the privilege I claim for my own sex ... is that of loving longest, when existence or hope is gone.

She knew that when she played she was giving pleasure only to herself; but this was no new sensation

Is there not something wanted, Miss Price, in our language - a something between compliments and - and love - to suit the sort of friendly acquaintance we have had together?

Let no one presume to give the feelings of a young woman on receiving the assurance of that affection of which she has scarcely allowed herself to entertain a hope.