“The affections are more reticent than the passions, and their expression more subtle.”

“One person with passion is better than forty people merely interested.”

“But it was the stupidity of passion, which would rather have nothing than a little.”

“He questioned Maurice, who, when he grasped the point, was understood to reply that deeds are more important than words.”

“The issues Miss Quested had raised were so much more important than she was herself that people inevitably forgot her.”

“It all turns on affection now," said Margaret. "Affection. Don't you see?... And affection, when reciprocated, gives rights. Put that down in your notebook, Mr. Mansbridge. It's a useful formula.”

“affection explains everything”