“That's one splendid thing about such affairs — it's so lovely to look back to them.”
“Well, very splendid and very frightening. But splendid things are often frightening. Sometimes, it's the fright that makes them splendid at all.”
“That's the beauty about love. It's not about give-and-take - it's about feeling safe in one's needs - wanting to be looked after as much as wanting to look after.”
“As the boy looked at it, my thing moved and he whispered "It is splendid! Do let me try its love-making" ...And I was too polite to disobey.”
“The love of one's country is a splendid thing. But why should love stop at the border? ”
“That's one of the remarkable things about life. It's never so bad that it can't get worse.”