“Life itself, she thought, as she went upstairs to dress for dinner, was stranger than dreams and far, far more disordered.”

“Love, like life, is much stranger and far more complicated than one is brought up to believe.”

“Gifts were dangerous things, she thought. Sometimes one succeeded only in taking far more than one gave.”

“The dreams were off on a trip. Helena went as far as the train station with them. She bade them farewell from the platform, waving a handkerchief”

“Jack Force was more than she had ever dared wish for, and he was better than a dream or a fantasy because he was real. He was far from perfect, moody and distant at times, and burdened with sharp temper and an impulsiveness that was part of his dark nature. But she felt more love for him than she thought possible. He wasn't perfect, but he was perfect for her. (Schuyler Van Alen)”

“The only man...he never would have dreamed. She had so many admirers, most, if not all, far more suitable than him and probably less dickish.”