An appreciation for high fashion does not preclude possession of common sense.

Why do women want to dress like men when they’re fortunate enough to be women? Why lose femininity, which is one of our greatest charms? We get more accomplished by being charming than we would be flaunting around in pants and smoking. I’m very fond of men. I think they are wonderful creatures. I love them dearly. But I don’t want to look like one. When women gave up their long skirts, they made a grave error…

I shall be forever grateful to you for breaking whatever unfortunate object you did in order to rescue me.”

“Something had to be done, she said, “and it was a very ugly vase.

You've faced horrors in these past weeks... I don't know which is worse. The terror you feel the first time you witness such things, or the numbness that comes after it starts to become ordinary.

You do know, I hope, that no man under the age of forty can even approach fascinating.

At least as a single woman, I had time to pursue my own interests, read voraciously, and travel when opportunity presented.