Quotes from Elizabeth Bailey

I dislike any form of betrayal. Too many people take their marriage vows lightly. If one is fortunate enough to inspire affection, one should strive to deserve it, do you not think?

Love is only what you think it is at the time. Or what you make it. It doesn't exist of itself. It's born out of the spark that ignites when two people suddenly notice each other. Or it isn't. I mean, sparks die too, or you kill them deliberately.

There is nothing more galling than for a stupid man to be lording it over us women merely because of his masculinity. Let him stew. It will not be he who solves this puzzle, be sure.

time she was consumed with

In other circumstances, she would have found them an entertaining duo as they sat together on the sofa by the windows, the one as plump as a Christmas goose, the other as skinny as its skeleton after the diners had eaten their fill.

To judge by the many crossings-out and the scribbles that adorned the discarded sheets, several of which had been screwed into balls by a frustrated hand and flung against the opposite wall, the muse this chill March morning was proving recalcitrant.

what kind of woman would wantonly marry and adopt such a name? Shittlehope.

I remember you saying how much people knew that they didn't know they knew.

Whenever I wish to analyse human reactions, I think back to the conduct of my nephews. It is like viewing the world in microcosm, but in high relief, for children are much more obvious than their adult counterparts.

George did likewise. "What do you think of him?" "Behaving like a cat on a hot bakestone," said Tretower,

grey tint slipping round the edges of the shutters at the windows.

the tone adopted by the Dowager Marchioness of Polbrook and the acerbic nature of her remarks was promising.

It is merely a trick of taking notice, sir. I assure you I am no better informed than another.

began to think there was a good deal to be said for

Francis focused on the woman's eyes. They really were quite free of guile, he reflected. Unusual in the females of his acquaintance, and therefore refreshing.