Reserve is an artificial quality that is developed in most of us but as the result of innumerable rebuffs.

Imagination grows by exercise, and contrary to common belief, is more powerful in the mature than in the young.

All the words I use in my stories can be found in the dictionary-it's just a matter of arranging them into the right sentences.

Beauty is also a Gift of God, one of the most rare and precious, and we should be thankful if we are happy enough to possess it and thankful, if we are not, that others possess it for our pleasure.

Any society that values wealth above freedom will lose its freedom, and will ultimately lose its wealth as well

Beauty is an ecstasy; it is as simple as hunger.

When she liked anyone it was quite natural for her to go to bed with him. She never thought twice about it. It was not vice; it wasn't lasciviousness; it was her nature. She gave herself as naturally as the sun gives heat or the flowers their perfume. It was a pleasure to her and she liked to give pleasure to others.