“He loved her.He wanted her.He needed her.And he needed her now.”

“Well, she finally said, hes coming back shortly, so you are absolved of your responsibilities. No. The word came from him like an oath, emerging from the very core of his being. She looked at him i...”

“If you do not apologize to Lady Honoria, Marcus said, his voice so mild as to be terrifying, I will kill you.There was a collective gasp, and Daisy faked a swoon, sliding elegantly into Iris, who p...”

“You are always looking at people like this. And then she made a face, one he couldnt possibly begin to describe.If I ever look like that, he said dryly, precisely like that, to be more precise, I g...”

“Thank you, she whispered, sending up a quick prayer for his continued recovery.Youre welcome, Marcus murmured.Honoria let out a little shriek of surprise, jumping back nearly a foot.Sorry, he said,...”

“The youngest one, she interrupted. The youngest son, I mean. The one who is unmarried.I know who he is.Very well, then. What is wrong with him? At that she cocked her head to the side and waited ex...”

“A lady's imagination is very rapid; it jumps from admiration to love, from love to matrimony in a moment.”

“I've always said that idleness dulls the spirit. We have to keep the brain busy, or at least the hands if we don't have a brain.”

“If your workplace was somehow transplanted into the jungle and everyone was forced to survive at a very primitive level, it's safe to say that eventually your boss would rape you.”

“Every great love starts with a great story...”

“I knew, in the silence that followed, that anything could happen here. It might be too late: again, I might have missed my chance. But I would at least know I tried, that I took my heart and extend...”

“You know what charm is: a way of getting the answer yes without having asked any clear question.”

“Space ails us moderns: we are sick with space.”

“Is Wagner a human being at all? Is he not rather a disease? He contaminates everything he touches - he has made music sick.”

“If a patient is cold, if a patient is feverish, if a patient is faint, if he is sick after taking food, if he has a bed-sore, it is generally the fault not of the disease, but of the nursing.”