“Leave it to women to be cryptic rather than straightforward”
“Women would rather talk to other women than to men, even when they would rather talk to a man than to a woman.”
“Women will change the nature of power, rather than power changing the nature of women.”
“She showed that oblique-mannered softness which is perhaps more frequent in women of darker complexion and more lymphatic temperament than Mrs. Charmond’s was; women who lingeringly smile their meanings to men rather than speak to them, who inveigle rather than prompt, and take advantage of currents rather than steer.”
“It seems to leave the darkness rather blacker than before.”
“Wraith rolled his eyes. If there was anything he hated more than cryptic shit, it was fate shit.”