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...
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...
(n.) The knave of trumps at gleek.
I suppose the latest thing is to sit back and let Mr. Nobody from Nowhere make love to your wife.
Every villain is a hero in his own mind.
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.
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 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...