There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea.
Her reputation for reading a great deal hung about her like the cloudy envelope of a goddess in an epic.
One never said the things one wanted — one remembered them all an hour afterwards. On the other hand one usually said a lot of things one shouldn't, simply from a sense that one had to say something.
She had an immense curiosity about life, and was constantly staring and wondering.
I never did anything in life to anyone's imagination.
It has made me better loving you... it has made me wiser, and easier, and brighter. I used to want a great many things before, and to be angry that I did not have them. Theoretically, I was satisfied. I flattered myself that I had limited my wants. B...
My envy's not dangerous; it wouldn't hurt a mouse.
The finer natures were those that shone at the larger times.
- Do you know I love you ? - I'm sure I don't care whether you do or not !
It's not my fate to give up--I know it can't be.
I don't need the aid of a clever man to teach me how to live. I can find it out for myself.
She couldn't have told you whether it was because she was afraid, or because such a voice in the darkness seemed of necessity a boon; but she listened to him as she had never listened before; his words dropped deep into her soul.
I'm yours for ever--for ever and ever. Here I stand; I'm as firm as a rock. If you'll only trust me, how little you'll be disappointed. Be mine as I am yours.
There's no more usual basis of union than mutual misunderstanding.
Still, who could say what men ever were looking for? They looked for what they found; they knew what pleased them only when they saw it.
I should think that to hear such lovely music as that would really make him feel better." The lady gave a discriminating smile. “I am afraid there are moments in life when even Beethoven has nothing to say to us. We must admit, however, that they a...
She had always observed that she got on better with clever women than silly ones like herself; the silly ones could never understand her wisdom; whereas the clever ones - the really clever ones - always understood her silliness.
