“High heels? Painful pleasure.”

“A woman's perfume tells more about her than her handwriting. ”

“By being natural and sincere, one often can create revolutions without having sought them.”

“Don't buy much but make sure that what you buy is good.”

“You can wear black at any time. You can wear it at any age. You may wear it for almost any occasion a 'little black frock' is essential to a woman's wardrobe. ”

“A dress is a piece of ephemeral architecture, designed to enhance the proportions of the female body.”

“Fine," he repeated, and I wondered why it was I kept coming back to this, again and again, a word that you said when someone asked how you were but didn't really care to know the truth.”

“All is fine with the world...”

“Your mother is going to be fine," the nurse says. I breathe more easily but the word settles into my stomach. Fine. Was she fine before?”

“You like me not because I like you. I like you just because I like me.”

“Maybe the truth is I really want to like you instead.”

“If somebody likes me, I want them to like the real me, not what they think I am.”