“What if he turns out to be a reasonable human being with a reasonable-sized ego?" "Than I'll dedicate the rest of my life to the service of the Holy Mother and make a pilgrimage to Lourdes." Rosemary laughed. "People with reasonable-sized egos don't become MBAs, Max. They sell beers at the ballpark — or something.” BooksAmbitionCareerMba Book:White Palace Source: White Palace
“Nora wasn't asking him to make her over into someone else; all she wanted was to borrow a few books. Was he such an effete intellectual as to think that an exposure to literature could work some kind of marvelous transformation in her? And what if it could? What if she awoke beside him one morning, having devoured Pride and Prejudice the night before, and was miraculously transfigured into an erudite, civilized woman? Would he still even want her at all?” RelationshipsBooksBook QuotesLove Hurts Book:White Palace Source: White Palace