When it's done, it's done. And no one will know until it's done.

If it has to be done at all, it must be done with grace.

When a man wants a mystery, it is generally better to leave him mystified. Nobody loves a clever woman.

I turn around from the window and for the first time I see him... It is Richard, smiling at my surprise. I run to him, without thinking what I am doing. I run to the first friendly face that I have seen since Christmas, and in a moment I am in his arms and he is holding me tightly and kissing my face, my closed eyes, my smiling mouth, kissing me till I am breathless and have to pull away from him.

the bird sings as if to say that delight is easy, for those who desire it

To save my son, I would plot with the devil himself.

We're going' Anne said firmly. So soon?' Percy pleaded. 'But stars come out at night.' Then they fade at dawn', Anne replied. 'This star needs to veil herself in darkness.