She wasn't much to look at but she was something to think about.
Like all really strong-minded women, on whom everybody flops, she adored being bossed about. It was so restful.
On the whole, Flora liked it better when they were silent, though it did rather give her the feeling that she was acting in one of the less cheerful German highbrow films.
Happiness can never hope to command so much interest as distress.
One of the disadvantages of almost universal education was the fact that all kinds of persons acquired a familiarity with one's favorite writers. It gave one a curious feeling; it was like seeing a drunken stranger wrapped in one's dressing gown.
There are some things (like first love and one’s first reviews) at which a woman in her middle years does not care to look too closely.
Surely she had endured enough for one evening without having to listen to intelligent conversation?
The rich, like well brought up children, are meant to be seen, not heard.
A book is like a money-changer: it pays you back in another form what you brint to it.
You're Dominican only if you do this, this, and that. And if you do this and that, you'll be accepted to a certain degree and if you don't, people will scorn you for it.
Eagles commonly fly alone. They are crows, daws, and starlings that flock together.