We don't say a man's ill if he's crazy about sex, if he can't get enough sex. Why should a woman be different?
I've had two proposals since I've been a widow. I am a wonderful catch, you know. I have a lot of money.
To be a classic, a novel should be original.
I really do literally put myself into a character's shoes.
We no more forget the faces of our enemies than of those we love.
the English, although partakers in the most variable and quixotic climate in the world, never become used to its vagaries, but comment upon them with shock and resentment as if all their lives had been spent in the predictable monsoon.