“Take love easy, as the leaves grow on the trees.”

“It is for you to choose. Choice is man's right, and for that I leave you free.”

“It was over, the awkward moment, the dreaded moment, sliding past in a ripple of commonplaces, the easy mechanical politenesses that are so much more than empty convention; they are the greaves and cuirasses that arm the naked nerve.”

“The gods only go with you if you put yourself in their path. And that takes courage.”

“I suppose one gets to know men quickest by the things they take for granted.”

“It is not true that women cannot keep secrets. Where they love, they can be trusted to death and beyond, against all sense and reason. It is their weakness, and their great strength. ”

“Life had stopped. Life would have to go on. Life went on, and in time the unbelievable began to happen; pleasure and happiness came back, and even joy. But love? Not again. I said it very firmly. Not again.”