“We've been down the road of your hasty exits too many times, Mrs. Danvers. You married your master, and you married a sadist--of your own free will. You might remember that when you're tempted to walk out in a huff, defy my orders, and behave like a selfish brat. You got that?”

“It might not even be that great to marry your ideal. Probably, once you attained your ideal, you got bored and wanted another.”

“Time is like a barber, it shears you first and then shows you your own face in the mirror. (Marrying Nusrat)”

“I appreciate all the trouble you went to in order to ensure my survival.”“Purely selfish, I assure you.”“Because you need me to oversee your household?”“Because I need you to marry. Men tend to frown at the notion of marrying someone who isn’t breathing.”

“Master Griffin, I would marry my own mother for the excuse to stab my eyes out with her brooches than to see anything under your kilt," the man's voice said with an elegant aplomb. "Where would you like your guest's things, sir?”

“I take it, then, Vijay, you are still a virgin?'Yes, and I find it extremely galling. When Gandhi was my age he had already been married three years.'No wonder Gandhi turned out to be a great man. When you get your love life nailed down that early, think of all the time it frees up to devote to Great Ideas.”