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

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

“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.”

“None of us like to think we are silly. But all must acknowledge that they are capable of silliness, from time to time”

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

“...soon dinner will run into bed-time, and we shall all eat reclining like the ancient Romans--about whose digestion, you know, I have often wondered. Whether a dose of rhubabrb might have made a difference to Nero or Caligula is a question you might ponder, my dear, next time you go through your Tacitus.”

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