“I did not have an opportunity to speak privately with Peter until just as he was leaving, when he handed me one of the Burns song-sheets and (with a most earnest look) told me to read it before I went to bed. The song was 'My Love is Like a Red, Red Rose,' but it was not until was up in my bedchamber that I saw he had written on the inside page: 'My mother would be honoured if you visited her after church tomorrow.”
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“May I collect you, Rini?—” he said, softly pulling our lips apart. “As mine?”
“Be grateful for what you already have while you pursue what you want.”
“Being a woman is a terribly difficult trade since it consists principally of dealings with men.”
“When a man gives his opinion, he's a man. When a woman gives her opinion, she's a bitch.”
“In politics, If you want anything said, ask a man. If you want anything done, ask a woman.”