“Nicole had put on weight. This is the effect which, in three cases out of four, unhappiness has upon women. The process of eating guarantees at least the health of the body.”

“There is a certain kind of stupidity reserved for women's dealings with men.”

“He was stabbed by memory, that tyrant which impinges upon our dreams and leaps at out throat as soon as we awaken.”

“We make our own symbols, after the event has passed and begun to spoil.”

“What we love we may also despise.”

“Nothing becomes some women more than the prick of ambition. Love, on the contrary, may make them very dull.”

“The way he looked at you. I got it then. He loved you, and it was killing him. He won't get over you, Clary, he can't.”

“First of all, love is a joint experience between two persons but the fact that it is a joint experience does not mean that it is a similar experience to the two people involved. There are the love...”

“I have to admit, an unrequited love is so much better than a real one. I mean, it's perfect... As long as something is never even started, you never have to worry about it ending. It has endless po...”