"I don’t want to be married just for the sake of being married. I can’t think of anything lonelier than spending the rest of my life with someone I can’t talk to, or worse, someone I can’t be silent with" (7).
"Come to that, how does he know where Susan and I are staying? What trains we are taking? All his flowers have been awaiting me on my arrival. I don’t know whether to feel flattered or hunted" (13).
"Love aside, Mark is a terrible strain on my wardrobe" (76).
"…he sounds a very fine man – but bossy. It’s a failing common in men" (111).