“The worse they are the more they see beauty in each other.”

“There is a sort of aesthetic poverty about conservatism”

“After that they browsed for a minute or two in a semi-detached fashion. Nick found a set of Trollope which had a relatively modest and approachable look among the rest, and took down The Way We Liv...”

“He wanted pure compliments, just as he wanted unconditional love.”

“I cant bear the smell of cigars, can you? said Lady Partridge. Lionel hates it too, murmured Rachel. As did Nick, to whom the dry lavatorial stench of cigars signified the inexplicable confidence o...”

“Delight is dlice, dlit is a misdemeanour''Well, it's bloody close...''Well, they often are....”

“I cant bear the smell of cigars, can you? said Lady Partridge. Lionel hates it too, murmured Rachel. As did Nick, to whom the dry lavatorial stench of cigars signified the inexplicable confidence o...”

“There are many things that make a man irritable when he arrives home from work in the evening and a sensible wife will usually notice the storm-signals and will leave him alone until he simmers down.”

“Oblivion, she thought. That was the world she lived in. It was what they should name some countries, towns, and places.”

“A lot of men wouldn't like being called a romantic. It's not macho enough.'Quite often men are fools.”