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“I can predict what she would be like.” She kept her back to Swift. “Taller than me, for one thing.”

“Most women are,” he pointed out.

“And accomplished and useful,” Daisy continued. “Not a dreamer. She would keep her mind on practical matters, and manage the servants perfectly, and she would never be tricked by the fishmonger into buying scrod after it’s turned.”
― Lisa Kleypas, Scandal in Spring

“The original plan had several phases, all of which adhered to the commonly accepted rituals of human courtship. I’d intended to keep the depth of my feelings to myself for as long as she needed to catch up, at which point she would say the words first, I would concur, we would become engaged, buy a stretch of land, Jethro would build a house as a wedding present, and I’d insist on raised garden beds for Jennifer’s overall-wearing activities.”
― Penny Reid, Beard Science

“But the life of a man is of no greater importance to the universe than that of an oyster.”
― David Hume, On Suicide

“Alone. It's one of those small words that means entirely too much. Like fear. Or trust.”
― Jim Butcher, Fool Moon