Henry shook his head, 'I was drunk,' he said, trying to sound both ashamed and firm in this belief. He remembered the rosebush incident very clearly,….

There was plenty of life left and if he had to he would use it all to get her back. The time had passed for making promises to her-all that was left ….

Life was a short window and there was no sense in doing the wrong thing over and over even if it was so difficult to stop..

Diana knew it wouldn't be right, but then she told herself that things only looked wrong when there was someone to see you..

She had rarely been near Henry since then, and the sight of him now was like a concentrated dose..

Things only looked wrong when there was someone to see you..

Well, if you weren't flirting with him"-his voice had now grown a little plaintive-"who was he, and what did you want with him anyway?" "If you are s….

The value of secrets is ever fluctuating although ladies who have been in society for a long time learn that a secret kept can be worth more than a s….

Ah well that I can't tell you." Diana ducked her head so that the brim of her bonnet covered her face. "Some things must remain a mystery and for now….

They were all dressed in their finest as though life really were some magical stage play in which every moment ought to be illuminated with its own b….

A young woman, newly wed, may find herself in the delightful position of wanting to do nothing without the company of her darling husband. She may in….

Her life, she realized, had all the charm of a steel trap..

Oh yes, well, I find myself unconventional everywhere..

It's the craziest thing, but I can't stop thinking about you..

She was a vision in a white gown her dark hair forming a hazy halo around her rosy heart-shaped face. Her long lashes fluttered to touch her cheeks a….

Heart-stopping envy is the sincerest form of flattery..

But in that moment she realized how false most smiles were and what a tremendous waste of time..

He was just like summer, and she loved summer. If she had any wish, it would be to live a lifetime of summers..

They will stop calling brides beautiful after today—you have simply set the standard too high,' he said..

In New York there is always something to look at, but it is all infinitely more interesting through a window in the backseat of a limousine..

That was how the heroine of a book would play it and Diana was still writing her own story the best heroines she'd always believed took their fate in….