“Every age can be enchanting, provided you live within it.”

“In every age there are plenty of people around to remind you what you cannot possibly do. Thank goodness, for these naysayers provide a priceless service: They spur...us to achieve great things.”

“The thick murmur of my name on his tongue was almost enough to push me over the edge as I clung to the sweetly strange need to hold him safe within my arms. Even, dare I say, within my body. Is it the conceit of every woman that she can provide such a haven? Is it the dream of every man to find it?”

“I was within and without, simultaneously enchanted and repelled by the inexhaustible variety of life.”

“I do not understand how anyone can live without some small place of enchantment to turn to.”

“You live and learn, and if you can provide perfect strangers with a little entertainment along the way, so much the better.”