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

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.

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

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

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.

The one thing I was good at was winning scholarships and prizes, and that era was coming to an end.

I will never shy away from embarrassing myself for a good cause

It's the lack of ambition that cripples most people, and makes them so pedestrian in the advertising/creative business

Blind fortune pursues inconsiderate rashness. [Fr., Fortune aveugle suit aveugle hardiesse.]

In spiritual maturity, the opposite of injustice is not justice but compassion.

Everybody that I meet inspires me. You can learn so much from any person that you meet any day on the side of the street.

Confession should be a daily activity for the Christian, whose entire pilgrimage is characterized by the spirit of repentance.

Love consumes us only in the measure of our self-surrender.

Picture perfect, I paint a perfect picture bomb the hoochies wit' precision, my intentions to get richer.

The purpose of art ... is not to reflect life but to organize it, to build it.