Marriage Quote by Susanna Clarke

“Mr. Segundus began to suspect that they had an uneventful morning, and that when a strange gentleman had walked into the room and dropt…

— Susanna Clarke

“...he was presently rewarded with the sight of the present day disgrace of England. Out of the bathing tent, and into the full sunlight,…

— Henry De Vere Stacpoole

“All these details took but a moment to apprehend yet the impression made upon Mr. Segundus by the two ladies was unusually vivid --almost…

— Susanna Clarke

“It seemed certain that Mrs Morpurgo must be kind and noble, for her husband said she was beautiful, and no beautiful woman would have…

— Rebecca West

“It was his shoes, he noticed to his pleasure, that she most objected to; and he thought: bloody good, that's what shoes are for.”

— John le Carré

“Considering it was my father's house, I thought it was very much my beeswax, but I wasn't about to argue with a stranger hiding…

— Caitlin Kittredge

“He was far from handsome certainly; and was drest in a snuff-coloured suit, of an uncouth make at the best, which, being shrunk with…

— Charles Dickens

“It was so damn strange, John thought, how sometimes the most unlikely, an ugly little man like this one, could hold such power. He…

— William R. Forstchen

“Grandfather used to say that when a woman got ready to fall in love the man didn't matter, because she could drape her feeling…

— Ellen Glasgow

“The benevolent gentleman is sorry; but, then, the thing happens every day! One sees girls and mothers crying at these sales, always! it can't…

— Harriet Beecher Stowe

“...some small part of her had reacted to the passion inside him. Despite his role as a titled gentleman, there seemed to be a…

— Brenda Novak

“He was ridiculously handsome, tall, lean yet solid with muscle. Politely immoral, indifferent to censure. As if he knew he was irresistible in all…

— C.C. Gibbs