So now you have it. The plot, the whole plot, and nothing but the plot.
I object to murder. It's just a silly girlish prejudice.
He hesitated for a moment. Then he said softly, I love you, Mother. He took my hand and kissed it, and folded my fingers round the stem of the rose. He had stripped it of its thorns.
It was a needless precaution, I felt sure, but men always enjoy marching around with weapons and flexing their figurative muscles, and I saw no reason to deny them this harmless exercise.
Emerson is a remarkable person, considering that he is a man. Which is not saying a great deal.
Don't sound so surprised. I have sensible moments, you know.
I do not scruple to employ mendacity and a fictitious appearance of female incompetence when the occasion demands it.
I had had my night of weeping...I had purged myself of useless emotions that terrible night, now every nerve every sinew, every thought was bent on a single purpose
You don't sound like a librarian, she said.I'm on vacation, Jacqueline laughed. Well, I supposed there is an image, isn't there? But stereotypes are awfully misleading. there are typical librarians, b...
Speculation,' I retorted, 'is never a waste of time. It clears away the deadwood in the thickets of deduction.
Men like to create unnecessary organizations and give them impressive or mysterious names; this usually ends in increased confusion, and should therefore be ignored.
I do hope you have some money. I'm getting tired of hitting people.
Nefret had always had an uncanny ability to read his thoughts. 'Did she cry?' she asked sweetly. 'And then you kissed her? You shouldn't have done that. I'm sure you meant well, but kissing someone ou...
If you take a man by surprise, and behave with sufficient arrogance, he will generally do what you ask.-Emerson
Reputable scholars might have denied its authenticity, but there are always other scholars who disagree--and people will believe what they want to believe, never mind the evidence. If there is anythin...
We all know how ruthlessly these American millionaires crush their rivals as they climb to power.
The roar of an angry crowd is one of the most terrifying sounds in the world.
Peculiar or not, it is my idea of pleasure. Why, why else do you lead this life you don't enjoy it? Don't talk of duty to me; you men always have some high-sounding excuse for indulging yourselves. Yo...
His blue-and-white striped robe ballooning out in the wind, he rode directly to me and fell off the donkey. Gasping theatrically, he handed me a note and then collapsed face down in the sand. Since th...
Love has a most unfortunate effect on the brain,