There is nothing more terrifying than the absoluteness of one who believes he's right.

I wonder how many times each day she dies a little.

We're all damaged somehow."-A Great and Terrible Beauty

- So my own sister will not promote me? Speaking of which, weren't you supposed to find me a beautiful future wife with a small fortune? Have you had any success on that front? - Yes - I have warned them all.

She hadn’t meant to get trapped in a conversation. That was the trouble with offering help to old people.

Could I have a Sloe Gin Fizz, without the gin?" "What's the point of that, Miss?" the waiter said. "Tomorrow morning," Mabel said.

People think boundaries and borders build nations. Nonsense-words do. Beliefs, declarations, constitutions-words. Stories. Myths. Lies. Promises. History