“I'd take it manfully, and be respected if I couldn't be loved”
“I wanted to be respected and to be loved. I longed for a man, like my father, to come and take me away from it all.”
“I could take care of that obstacle for her - I'd tear down anything standing between us - but I couldn't destroy what I couldn't even see.”
“If I could get back my youth, I'd do anything in the world except get up early, take exercise or be respectable.”
“Children ask me sometimes what book I'd take to a desert island, but I think I couldn't go to a desert island unless it had a library.”
“She just happens to be my father, young man, and I'd appreciate it of you'd show her a little respect.”