“Sé cruel, hermanita, o el mundo te tratará con crueldad.”

“A criada de senhoras ideal deve acordar antes da sua ama, aquecer água para ela lavar o rosto e não se deitar antes de a ter despido para dormir. Pode necessitar de uma sesta durante o dia, quando a ama não precisar dela. - Guia de Van Kamp sobre o governo da casa para as senhoras da alta sociedade, edição de 1899”

“She wanted to walk slowly and smell the wafting perfumes of bouquets that men had bought for their sweethearts and watch couples holding each other tight as they dashed along the pavement on their way to or from something that made them grateful to be in each other's company. Going home felt the same as going to sleep, and she was too bouncing, too overcome with bliss for that.”

“There was no pleasure like being envied on a mass scale.”

“They were a society whose chief vocations were to entertain and be entertained ...”

“As she always did on any really important day, Penelope Hayes wore red.”

“Oh yes, well, I find myself unconventional everywhere.”