“Curious creatures we mortals are-how we do not know what we want, or how to get it if we do.”

“We always think we know what we want: when in truth there is nothing we are less likely to know.”

“We shall live, love and be happy as mortals can be”

“But we disposable women have to be realistic in this life, you know. Else we get itchy and discontented and start contemplating the kitchen knife and wondering whether it wouldn't look nicer between someone's shoulder-blades.”

“Grown people with rational minds somehow do not know what's best for them.”

“I found out when I went away from Wythorpe the first time in November--remember? How nice it is to rhyme, I must do it all the time.”

“We are always parting! It's supposed to be sweet sorrow or something, isn't it? Those poets. They'll say anything.”