“Men were just plain ridiculous with how little time it took them to get handsome.”
“I became amazed at how much my men would tolerate if someone just took the time to explain the why of it all to them.”
“It ought to be plain how little you gain by getting excited and vexed. You'll always be late for the previous train,and always on time for the next.”
“Oh! not handsome—not at all handsome. I thought him very plain at first, but I do not think him so plain now. One does not, you know, after a time.”
“Handsome young men or books? Hmm. The handsome men win every time”
“It just took some people a little longer than others to realize how few words they needed to get by, how much of life they could negotiate in silence.”