But I think she would have been happy with Fabrice,' I said. 'He was the great love of her life, you know.' Oh, dulling,' said my mother, sadly. 'One always thinks that. Every, every time.

Always remember, children, that marriage is a very intimate relationship. It's not just sitting and chatting to a person; there are other things, you know.

In France that is the one rule, never make trouble.

The worst of being a Communist is the parties you may go to are - well - awfully funny and touching but not very gay...I don't see the point of sad parties, do you? And Left-wing people are always sad because they mind dreadfully about their causes, and the causes are always going so badly.

The English lord marries for love, and is rather inclined to love where money is; he rarely marries in order to improve his coat of arms.

To fall in love you have to be in the state of mind for it to take, like a disease.

Americans relate all effort, all work, and all of life itself to the dollar. Their talk is of nothing but dollars.