“Waiters are the help, dear. It's like falling in love with a blender!”

“It's not worth losing your soul to win a guy.”

“If it looks real and feels real, do you think it matters if it's real?”

“Guilt is a useless feeling. It's never enough to make you change direction--only enough to make you useless.”

“The tree leaves rustled like that noise e-books make when you turn the page.”

“Do you know what makes someone beautiful? Confidence. You don't have to have this shape eyes or that shape lips. No one seems to be able to decide which shape is best anyway. You can have every kind of blemish. It's confidence that attracts people. That's what everybody's looking for. It's what no potion can really give you. And believe me, Belle, you've got it. You've got it if you want it.”

“Human history is full of great men, great women, individuals, with the will for power - all of them with governesses like her.”