“ [...] o futuro era um leque de possibilidades, não apenas uma trilha única e inalterável. Contudo, das trilhas, umas eram bem mais prováveis do que outras, e algumas eram tão prováveis que pareciam qu… Mary Jo Putney
“ Entretanto, mesmo o fogo mais ardente deixa apenas as brasas mais amenas. Bodas verdadeiras são construídas sobre valores e interesses comuns. Mary Jo Putney
“ Para um homem, a mulher é como uma pintura ou uma estátua clássica. Ele escolhe uma e leva para casa, esperando que combine com a mobília existente lá. Mary Jo Putney
“ Has anyone ever pointed out that you're too clever by half? It's been mentioned. Why do you think I'm a spinster? Mary Jo Putney
“ Intimacy was a web spun of many strands, and each small submission on her part was a point won for him. Mary Jo Putney
“ Form, not the crashing waves far below at the base of the cliff. She looked eerily like the sketch that Kenneth had drawn of Mary Jo Putney
“ What a pity that men couldn’t find such satisfactions without killing so many of their fellows. Mary Jo Putney
“ The only power she wanted over him was the power to make him happy. . . . She wanted them to be equal in their loving, not master and slave. Mary Jo Putney
“ The cue allows more flexibility and control. But I imagine you'll prefer the mace—it's more moral. Clare's dark brows arched. How can one piece of wood be more moral than another? Mary Jo Putney
“ Clare's dark brows arched. How can one piece of wood be more moral than another? The mace saves a lady from bending over and exposing her ankles to whatever depraved males are present, he explained. Mary Jo Putney
“ —La mayoría de las mujeres son extraordinarias. Compensa el hecho de que la mayoría de los hombres no lo sean —soltó Alys y, al instante, se mordió la lengua.(de Pecado y virtud) Mary Jo Putney
“ And certainly unchristian, to hate someone for the color of his skin, yet such trivial things can change the pattern of a life. Mary Jo Putney
