Deception Quote by Suzanne Finnamore

“She had now reached an age when one starts looking for a husband rather more systematically than one does at nineteen or even at…

— Barbara Pym

“I had affairs with a few girls of my own age, and they taught me that no girl, however intelligent and war-hearted, can possibly…

— Stephen Vizinczey

“And our ages never bothered her from the very beginning. I was married, but that didn’t matter, either. She seemed to consider things like…

— Haruki Murakami

“I was a man fifteen years older than she, you understand. I had reached that stage in life where I identified with cynical villains…

— Michael Ondaatje

“It occurred to me that among the charms of old age are the provocations our young female friends permit themselves because they think we…

— Gabriel García Márquez

“She informed me, matter-of-factly, that she was old enough to know the difference between intriguing and fucked up. "You should go for younger women,"…

— Tana French

“He had never thought the question over clearly, but vaguely imagined that his wife had long suspected him of being unfaithful to her and…

— Leo Tolstoy

“At twenty-five, girls begin to talk about being old maids, but secretly resolve that they never will be. At thirty they say nothing about…

— Louisa May Alcott

“he'd told her that young girls were always happiest with older men. Innocence and experience make for a perfect marriage.”

— George R.R. Martin

“I made love to a woman 20 years older than me. The impressive part is that I was only eleven at the time. I…

— Jarod Kintz

“She always says she doesn't believe women should get married before the age of thirty-five...she says women change so much in their twenties, they…

— Jane Green

“His wife was a tall, stringy woman, perhaps five years older than her husband—say, forty—with a mouth and chin that seemed shaped for gossiping.”

— Dashiell Hammett