"There are so many sad people nowadays that sadness looks normal."
- Kate Saunders
"I have often observed that the state of motherhood can turn quite ordinary females into heroines . . ."
"So much of people's fortune, good or bad, depends upon how they choose to fall in love."
"And this fine young prince had fallen in love with a Nobody from Nowhere -- as princes sometimes do, though not as often as romantic tradition would have you believe."