Mattered Quote by Alice Munro

“She lacks the indefinable charm of weakness.”

— Oscar Wilde

“I should have judged her according to her actions, not her words. she perfumed my planet and lit up my life.”

— Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

“She had expressed herself, as women will, in a smug broadside of pastel shades. Nothing clashed because nothing had the strength to clash; everything…

— Mervyn Peake

“All he asked of her was basic civility and an ounce of propriety, but she was like one of her sea creatures, goaded by…

— Anonymous

“She’s a bargirl. You don’t know where her loyalties lie. That one was unconvincing. No one had directed her against me—I was the one…

— Barry Eisler

“It isn't fair she should have everything and I nothing. She isn't better or cleverer or much prettier than me…only luckier.”

— L.M. Montgomery

“The only thing that counted to her was her own opinion of herself. If that became smirched or spoiled there would be nothing left.…

— Josephine Tey

“If she were honest, weakness should be masked at all times. Any weakness could, and would be exploited.”

— Callie Hunter

“Because as much as I dislike her, I would prefer not to have an enemy.”

— Dawn O'Porter

“It was like the color of his eyes, she supposed - not quite one shade or another, and utterly unlike anyone else's.”

— Anna Godbersen

“He told himself she wasn’t really such a bad person, she was just a pest, she was sticky, there was something misplaced in her…

— David Goodis

“At the same time, we held back. Because she was different. Different. We had no one to compare her to, no one to measure…

— Jerry Spinelli