“Who was Florinda, and why did she faint so often that she needed a special couch on which to do it?”
“But if you have so much fun, then why don't you get together more than once a month?'She looked at me like a wise old owl and winked. 'Do something too often and it stops being special.”
“Why don't you grab a chair," I joked, "and sit down!"And then, like she so often did, Mary smiled.”
“So who was she? (Vane)Why do you assume it was a female? (Fang)Didn’t know you were fond of men. I’ll file that under my special Fang folder. (Vane)”
“My beloved Laura” (said she to me a few Hours before she died) “take warning from my unhappy End …Beware of fainting-fits…Beware of swoons, Run mad as often as you chuse; but do not faint—”.”
“People say of me, 'She's peculiar.' They do not understand me. If they did they would say so oftener and with emphasis.”