“Perhaps grown women are beings of a good deal more complexity than cats”

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

“There are some people who like nothing better than a good, regular quarrel.”

“I love you more than I can express, or can ever hope to express”

“Probably no purer incitement to hatred existed, Lydia had found, than being told of anyone or anything: you will love him, her or it. The spirit immediately rose up like a fanged cobra.”

“I do not say that I could never be persuaded to sacrifice my reputation to passion- only that it would take a great deal.”

“There can be few places more conducive to the quiet, solitary contemplation of melancholy thoughts than a window-seat; and if beyond the window-panes there is a steely vignette of November murk and withered twigs, so much the better.”