No one could have called Mr. Standen quick-witted, but the possession of three sisters had considerably sharpened his instinct of self-preservation.

As soon as one promises not to do something, it becomes the one thing above all others that one most wishes to do.

It was growing late, and though one might stand on the brink of a deep chasm of disaster, one was still obliged to dress for dinner.

When fate is got it in for you, there is no limit to what you may have to put up with.

There is nothing so mortifying as to fall in love with someone who does not share one's sentiments.

Talking to you is like -- like talking to an eel!" "No, is it? I've never tried to talk to an eel. Isn't it as waste of time?" "Not such a waste of time as talking to you!

You may have married her, but she is mine. Do you think I shall let you take her? She may be ten times your wife, but, by God, you shall never have her.

She decided that her wisest course would be to put him out of her mind. After reaching this conclusion she lay thinking about him until at last she fell asleep.

You don't feel you could marry me instead? Got no brains, of course, and I ain't a handsome fellow, like Jack, but I love you. Don't think I could ever love anyone else.

Oh, Randall, don't be such a vile beast!" "I don't think much of that",he said critically. "Amiable snake was much better.

Do you forget that I am your sister?” “No; I’ve never been granted the opportunity to forget it.

Every intelligent being, whether it breathes or not, coughs nervously at some time in its life.

You are to use this one life to make a difference in your world. You are to invest your time and not waste it.

Look forward, in the direction of sunshine.

Do not be too quick to get angry.

magic persists without us no matter what we may do to try to spoil it

Change comes not from men and women changing their minds, but from the change from one generation to the next.

The guilty are alarmed and turn pale at the slightest thunder.

True in the game, as long as blood is blue in my veins I pour my Heineken brew to my deceased crew on memory lane

Everyone makes mistakes, even if some are worse than others. Accidents happen.

NO PDA,school rules. And besides she's my partner dickhead." said Alex.