“No one, especially the nouveau riche, turned down the interest of a Knickerbocker, a group of old money New Yorkers with cache, if not cash.”

“Only a short time ago hed envied these brightly plumed birds[ladies in pastel dresses]. They possessed everything money could buy and most had the leisure to enjoy it. Yet their needs were greater than his own. They required a flock of admirers, dozens of servants, expensive clothes, and showy carriages to incite envy among their friends and foes.”

“Emma, but--" he began, and I shushed him. "No Emma buts except for the one I sit on.”

“What's a girl to do when meeting The One means she's cursed to die a horrible death?”

“I longed to know what it felt like to have one person eclipse everything bad in your life - be a place of pure joy.”

“The U.S. Postal Service should hire him for an ad campaign. If he were at the mailbox every time you sent a letter, no one would use email ever again.”

“My eyes are not worthy to look upon your face, yet they will not rest until they see you again.”