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

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

“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.”

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

“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 am all or nothing”

“A girl should set her sights on a man who has money; or if not, who can expect to come into money; or if not, who has moneyed connections.”