“It was a cry of real love. A woman's outburst of despair melts a lover's heart, and the forgiveness that he is secretly eager to give her is easily yielded, especially when the woman is young, beautiful, and wearing a dress so low cut that she could rise from the top of it in the costume of Eve.”
In this classic work, the protagonist, Bette, a shrewd and ambitious woman, manipulates and schemes her way into the upper class, revealing the corrupting influence of wealth and power on human nature. more
“Love—real love—sees with the heart, master. Not with the eyes.”
“Don't be deceived by mere words of love. Look to actions for the true measure of one's affections.”
“Love isn’t love until it actually does something about the brokenness in the place it resides.”
“True love is like centauri honey extracted from deep caves.”
“True love is like a Centauri Honey , rare to find , hard to extract , a world treasure .”