“Before you, Joss, I'd sooner die than accept a ride from a chauffeur.”

“Joss often thought of herself in male terms when analyzing her role in the family business system, since there didn't seem to be any available roles or jobs for women.”

“Boonie wondered with sadness, Why don't I have any real memories like that of this elder statesman who happens to live in our house from time to time? This handsome, formal man whose blood runs mysteriously in my own veins? He was always more like a king than a father.”

“They were wrong, he thought. She is better than Garbo.”

“She had to remind herself that she was in recovery from being rich.”

“Thrown from the garden, she searches for true love. but she needs an heir.”

“David Kay, listening in, had no idea what this was about, but he watched in horror as Mrs. Russet's gaze turned from weathered shingles to flint.”