“ Or perhaps it's the wickedness in him that she can't resist. There are such women. ”
Ah, Chantal... Now I think I know how it feels to fly on a trapeze.
~ Madeleine Brent
I didn't mean that I'm a nonpareil now. But I'm different, yes. I've found out that I can do quite difficult things if I keep trying very hard, and at least I've discovered that if I don't keep myself occupied I'm unhappy and unpleasant.
Its quietness was the quietness of strength. And the eyes were those of one who had walked through many a dark valley without flinching.
Lucy, you're as transparent as a pane of glass, and there's not a speck of guile to be seen in you. Yet in a way you're a mystery to me.
