Till this moment I never knew myself.

I wish I might take this for a compliment; but to be so easily seen through I am afraid is pitiful.

And what am I to do on the occasion? -- It seems an hopeless business.

She had a lively, playful disposition that delighted in anything ridiculous.

The person, be it gentleman or lady, who has not pleasure in a good novel, must be intolerably stupid.

You, of all people, deserve a happy ending Despite everything that happened to you, you aren't bitter You aren't cold You've just retreated a little and been shy, and that's okay If I were a fairy godmother, I would give you your heart's desire in an instant And I would wipe away your tears and tell you not to cry "A large income is the best recipe for happiness I ever heard of"

And your defect is a propensity to hate everybody." "And yours," he replied with a smile, "is willfully to misunderstand them.