“Don't say 'wife.' I'm your mistress. Wife's such an ugly word. Your 'permanent mistress' is so much more tangible and desirable… .”
F. Scott Fitzgerald
The Beautiful and Damned
-
Working on it...
-
Working on it...
-
Working on it...
-
Working on it...
Similar quotes
“Sir, your wife is living; that is a fact acknowledged this morning by yourself. If I lived with you as you desire, I should then be your mistress; to say otherwise is sophistical -- is false.”
Charlotte Brontë
Jane Eyre
“Intelligence is the wife, imagination is your mistress and memory is your slave.”
Victor Hugo
“Like those dreaded dinner party words 'Longtime Companion' or "Partner.' Sometimes I just want to scream, 'is she your wife or is she your mistress? Please clarify the nature of your bloody relationship!”
Suzanne Stroh
Tabou: Sylvie
“A woman should be able to kiss a man beautifully and romantically without any desire to be either his wife or his mistress.”
F. Scott Fitzgerald
The Beautiful and Damned
“One is bound to one's wife, but has a bond to one's mistress.”
Peter Prange
The Philosopher's Kiss