Quotes from Gwen Bristow

That's not just because we love each other , Kester. We've always loved each other. But I think it's because we know now how hard it is to win this and how easy it is to risk losing it. And how terribly precious it is!

Why couldn't we let each other alone? " she asked in a low voice. "We fell in love because we were so different. Then all we did was twist and pull at each other, trying to make changes that couldn't be made—""I know. Why should anyone do that? Why is it that we can't think of any higher destiny for the people we love than that they become just like ourselves?

She had thought freedom meant simply the chance to have her own way, with no need to take the consequences of having had it. Well, she knew better now. Life was not a lot of golden adventures that cost you nothing.

that no kindly providence was going to save you from the results of what you did, and that you had better be sure of your own strength because you could never be sure of anybody else's.

Clever people are entertaining and stupid ones give me such a pleasant sense of superiority.

Nothing's easier than believing we understand experiences we've never had.