“History surrounds us. You cannot open your eyes, not in Paris, and see something that wasn't touched by someone long gone. You, maybe, run from your ghosts. Here, they live among us.”

“You must remember, Madame Harris, elegance is in the details.”

“Beauty might be a gift to our souls from the heavens. Luxury, purchased. But suddenly she understood. There was strength in elegance.”

“Armies march, but diamonds conquer all.”

“He stopped and looked at her. "Your eyes are leaking.""It's the flowers. They make me sneeze.""Then let us be away from the garden. Open the door, love, if you will."She obeyed, then froze halfway over the threshold. "What did you call me?""The first of countless endearments if you'll but stir yourself to hold our current course.”

“We are your friends. It is the law of friendship that you tell us things you don’t want to tell us.”

“They really are something else together.""Something else? That's the nice way of saying they're bat shit crazy.""Hey! You listen here, woman.""You can listen to my foot up your ass if you call me woman again. And you can take that to court.”