“ When a girl is seventeen she needs good parents. When she's twenty-five she needs a pretty face and figure. When she's thirty-five she needs a good personality. When she's fifty-five she needs cash. ”
“From birth to age eighteen a girl needs good parents. From eighteen to thirty-five she needs good looks. From thirty-five to fifty-five she needs a good personality. From fifty-five on she needs cash.”
“When she needed help most, she was abandoned—and only when she offered help to others was she beloved.”
“The mantle of spinsterhood was definitely on her shoulders now. She was twenty-five and looked it, and so there as no longer any need to try to be attractive.”
“She tells me she wants to be a raindrop; she doesn’t mind falling, as long as she is not alone. - When Five Fell”
“She was thirty-five, and she did not look a minute younger.”