“You must know that I am entirely yours to command." "I see chivalry lives on," she said. "As long as there's no… — Helen Simonson Copy Share Image
“I'm pretty sure wars would be shorter if we weren't all so eager to read about them.” — Helen Simonson War Copy Share Image
“Americans seemed to enjoy the sport of publicly humiliating one another.” — Helen Simonson Copy Share Image
“We all pick and choose and make our religion our own, do we not?” — Helen Simonson Pick and choose Copy Share Image
“Look here, it's all very tidy and convenient to see the world in black and white.....It's a particular passion of young men… — Helen Simonson Black and white Copy Share Image
“It would be a primal offering of food from man to woman and a satisfyingly primitive declaration of intent. However, he mused,… — Helen Simonson Courtship Copy Share Image
I know something of shame...How can we not all feel it? We are all small-minded people, creeping about the earth grubbing for… — Helen Simonson Adventure Copy Share Image
“...as I get older, I find myself insisting on my right to be philosophically sloppy.” — Helen Simonson Philosophy Copy Share Image
“Sometimes you can't fix everything," said Amina. "Life isn't always like books." "No, it's not.” — Helen Simonson Book Copy Share Image
“He envisaged her in the heaven he had learned about in childhood: a grassy place with blue sky and a light breeze.… — Helen Simonson Blue sky Copy Share Image
“Such an awful fragility of love he thought that plans are made and broken and remade in these gaps between rational behavior.” — Helen Simonson Habits Copy Share Image
“Oh, it's simple pragmatism, Dad. It's called the real world. If we refused to do business with the morally questionable, the deal… — Helen Simonson Good guy Copy Share Image
“Ah well, there you go. Young people are always demanding respect instead of trying to earn it. In my day, respect was… — Helen Simonson Respect Copy Share Image
“Men these days expect their wives to be as dazzling as their mistresses.” That's shocking," said the Major. "How on earth will… — Helen Simonson Humor Copy Share Image
“If the war could be won by the wearing of red, white, and blue ribbons on one’s hat,” said Beatrice, sitting down… — Helen Simonson War Copy Share Image
“It was frustratingly common that children were no sooner gone from the nest and established in their own homes, in Roger’s case… — Helen Simonson Children Copy Share Image
“I am not loitering" said the Major. "I am simply indulging in a few moments of pastoral solitude"...” — Helen Simonson Solitude Copy Share Image
“The world is full of small ignorances,” said a quiet voice. Mrs. Ali appeared at his elbow and gave the young woman… — Helen Simonson Ignorance Copy Share Image
“America wielded her huge power in the world with a brash confidence that reminded him of a toddler who has got hold… — Helen Simonson Confidence Copy Share Image
“And after all, everyone needs a few flaws to make them real.” — Helen Simonson Major-pettigrew-s-last-stand Copy Share Image
“he had no doubt that spirited debate was the first casualty of any war. —” — Helen Simonson War Copy Share Image
“But I must ask you, do you really understand what it means to be in love with an unsuitable woman?” “My dear… — Helen Simonson Love Copy Share Image
“It’s only now I realize how easy it was to do so on the backs of other women’s sons.” — Helen Simonson Now I Realize Copy Share Image
“I have produced no children of my own and my husband is dead," she replied, an acid tone in her voice. "Thus… — Helen Simonson Children Copy Share Image
“He cursed himself for having assumed the weather would be sunny. Perhaps it was the result of evolution, he thought--some adaptive gene… — Helen Simonson Englishmen Copy Share Image
