For God's sake, Marks, do you think anyone really wants a glance at those dried-up matchsticks you call legs?

Fencing isn't really fighting. It's more like chess with the risk of puncture wounds

Sometimes a woman needs a man for company, no matter how useless he is.

You say the gentleman I knew has been replaced. How I wish I could offer better comfort than to say that no matter how you have changed, you wil be welcomed when you return. Do what you must. If it helps you to endure, put the feelings away for now, and lock the door. Perhaps someday we'll air them out together.

I'm a big believer in putting things off, In fact, I even put off procrastinating. -Ella Varner

If I'm to change my life for you, I've got to have some hope." "I don't want you to change your life for me. You'll have to make the same decision every day, over and over - it must be for yourself alone.

The earl shook his head, exhibiting a degree of frosty offense that could only be achieved by an aristocrat whose wishes had just been gainsaid. “I’ve never heard of a man being so eager to confess to the parent of a girl he’s just ruined,” he said sourly.