The voice is a wild thing. It can't be bred in captivity.

She had certain thoughts which were like companions, ideas which were like older and wiser friends.

Loyal? As loyal as anyone who plays second fiddle ever is.

Oh, the Germans classify, but the French arrange.

I have not much faith in women in fiction.... Women are so horribly subjective and they have such scorn for the healthy commonplace. When a woman writes a story of adventure, a stout sea tale, a manly battle yarn, anything without wine, women, and love, then I will begin to hope for something great from them, not before.

No nation has ever produced great art that has not made a high art of cookery, because art appeals primarily to the senses.

Alexandra sighed. "I have a feeling that if you go away, you will not come back. Something will happen to one of us, or to both. People have to snatch at happiness when they can, in this world. It is always easier to lose than to find. What I have is yours if you care enough about me to take it.