“There is nothing I would not do for those who are really my friends. I have no notion of loving people by halves, it is not my nature.”

“[I]t is well to have as many holds upon happiness as possible.”

“No man is offended by another man's admiration of the woman he loves it is the woman only who can make it a torment. ”

“she had nothing to do but to forgive herself and be happier than ever”

“It would be mortifying to the feelings of many ladies, could they be made to understand how little the heart of a man is affected by what is costly or new in their attire... Woman is fine for her o...”

“The person, be it gentleman or lady, who has not pleasure in a good novel, must be intolerably stupid.”

“They call this war a cloud over the land. But they made the weather and then they stand in the rain and say 'Shit, it's raining!”

“Halfway home, the sky goes from dark gray to almost black and a loud thunder snap accompanies the first few raindrops that fall. Heavy, warm, big drops, they drench me in seconds, like an overturne...”

“For the rest of my life, Zanzibar will be the Swahili word for rain. The rain would drizzle, spit, mist, downpour, shower, torrent, gust, deluge and blast. At one point it hit the ground so hard it...”