

“A lady must retain always her composure. Even in a rainstorm, she must appear joyous and dry. When she loses her composure, then the respect of her peers and her staff will follow in short order.”
― The Luxe
― The Luxe

“Diana felt she was beginning to understand why, in all those novels she read, the headiest loves were the loves that couldn't be.”
― The Luxe
― The Luxe

“Heart-stopping envy is the sincerest form of flattery.”
― The Luxe
― The Luxe

“We see our sins reflected everywhere: in the pallor of our intimates’ faces, in the scratching of tree branches against windows, in the strange movements of everyday objects. These may be messages from God or tricks of the eye, but in neither case are we permitted to ignore them.”
― The Luxe
― The Luxe

“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, of course, but he knew that sneaking into the bedroom window of his fiancee's little sister wasn't something he wanted to explain to his father. Sometimes, Henry reflected, being taken for a perpetual drunk was sort of convenient.”
― The Luxe
― The Luxe
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