Every villain is a hero in his own mind.
O, because I have had only that kind of benevolence which consists in lying on a sofa, and cursing the church and clergy for not being martyrs and confessors. One can see, you know, very easily, how o...
(n.) The knave of trumps at gleek.
Of course, in a novel, people’s hearts break, and they die, and that is the end of it; and in a story this is very convenient. But in real life we do not die when all that makes life bright dies to us...
I suppose the latest thing is to sit back and let Mr. Nobody from Nowhere make love to your wife.
I understand we'll be attending your friend Miss Worthington's Christmas ball. Perhaps I'll find a suitable-- which is to say wealthy-- wife among the ladies attending.And perhaps they will run scream...
Tom: If you love with kindness, even when you can't love with permanence, you'll deserve the one who's worthy along that path for you.
I watched the tears run down her cheeks and start to drip from the end of her chin. One part of me wanted to put my arms round her but I daren't. Do that and I'd never be able to let her go.