“Trapped like a trap in a trap”

“I'd like to have money. And I'd like to be a good writer. These two can come together, and I hope they will, but if that's too adorable, I'd rather have money.”

“A little bad taste is like a nice dash of paprika.”

“Where's the man that could ease a heart like a satin gown?”

“Now to me, Edith looks like something that would eat her young.”

“Love is like quicksilver in the hand. Leave the fingers open and it stays. Clutch it and it darts away.”

“There was nothing separate about her days. Like drops on the window-pane, they ran together and trickled away.”