All the worse for the undeniable talent which hides the evil so subtly and makes the danger so delightful.

... because I have fallen in love with so many pretty girls and never once the least bit with any man.

The mere possession of a gun is, in itself, an urge to kill, not only by design, but by accident, by madness, by fright, by bravado.

The young people were playing that still more absorbing game in which hearts are always trumps.

So she enjoyed herself heartily, and found, what isn't always the case, that her granted wish was all she had hoped.

Have your fun, my dear; but if you must earn your bread, try to make it sweet with cheerfulness, not bitter with the daily regret that it isn't cake.

Nothing is impossible to a determined woman.