“The woman must look like the weathered side of a rotted fence post if she had to get a man this way.”

“There is no pain on this earth like seeing the same woman look at another man the way she once looked at you.”

“What breadth, what beauty and power of human nature and development there must be in a woman to get over all palisades, all fences, within which she is held captive!”

“The greener grass is getting more water. Water the grass on your side of the fence and stop looking over at what's on the other side”

“She was thinking that the grass really could be greener on the other side of the fence. It depended on who wa standing in the grass. Maybe you had to go take a look”

“Clara will break him to bridle,” Longmore said. “And if she can’t cure his wild ways, who knows? Maybe he’ll ride into a ditch or get run over by a post chaise, and she’ll be a young widow. Do try to look on the bright side.”