“I do not argue with obstinate men. I act in spite of them.”

“I disdained to argue, and entrenched my curiosity behind a rampart of pretended indifference.”

“They all fuss about me so,” she said. “They rub it in that I’m an old woman.”“And you don’t feel like one.”“No, I don’t, Jane. In spite of all my aches and pains–and I’ve got plenty. Inside I go on feeling just like a chit like Gina. Perhaps everyone does. The glass shows them how old they are and they just don’t believe it.”

“Why shouldn't I hate her? She did the worst thing to me that anyone can do to anyone else. Let them believe that they're loved and wanted and then show them that it's all a sham.”

“The impossible could not have happened, therefore the impossible must be possible in spite of appearances.”

“A great many men are mad, and no one knows it. They do not know it themselves”

“Can one build an honest house on dishonest foundation? I do not know. But I do know that I want to try. (Edward Ferrier)”