I understand Crawford paid you a visit?" "Yes." "And was he attentive?" "Yes, very." "And has your heart changed towards him?" "Yes. Several times. I have - I find that I - I find that-" "Shh. Surely you and I are beyond speaking when words are clearly not enough.... I missed you." "And I you.

Yes, you know enough of my frankness to believe me capable of that. After abusing you so abominably to your face, I could have no scruple in abusing you to all your relations.

Sometimes the last person on earth you want to be with is the one person you can't be without.

There is a monsterous deal of stupid quizzing, & common-place nonsense talked, but scarcely any wit.

And you are never to stir out of doors till you can prove that you have spent ten minutes of every day in a rational manner.

Men were put into the world to teach women the law of compromise.

What wild imaginations one forms where dear self is concerned! How sure to be mistaken!