Behaving Quote by Caroline Moorehead

“To Martha it seemed that she stood outside life. The world went by her, colourless shapes on a flat pale background. Nothing had solidity…

— Nan Shepherd

“It was the comfort of knowing that she was not quite so strange, that there were other people who found delight in private challenges…

— Daphne Kalotay

“What she was doing, what she had just done, was for her not about frivolity, it was about the essential, about being human, living…

— Mohsin Hamid

“She walked rather quickly; she liked to be active, though at times she gave an impression of repose that was at once static and…

— F. Scott Fitzgerald

“She knew a cutting, incisive, withering and above all a self-evident answer existed. It was just that, to her extreme annoyance, she couldn't quite…

— Terry Pratchett

“I don’t think Martha’s so bad. I think I want her for a friend instead of you. When I look at her magazine, I…

— Elizabeth Berg

“She soon reached a point when she could not sit at the table with him and listen to his misbegotten notions and morality with…

— Christina Stead

“Warmth and enthusiasm did captivate her still. She felt that she could so much more depend upon the sincerity of those who sometimes looked…

— Jane Austen

“The thrill of telling her true feelings without considering good manners or the propriety of what she had to say was intoxicating.”

— Sara Donati

“Every step she took seemed to show her a new danger. Talking to strangers could kill her. Failing to remember table etiquette could kill…

— Frances Hardinge

“Having words opened up a world of possibilities for Martha.”

— Susan Meddaugh

“In the joy of her gratified desires she wanted to make everybody about her happy. If only everyone would do as she wished she…

— Edith Wharton