Elana Crane

“The one great principle of the English law is, to make business for itself. There is no other principle distinctly, certainly, and consistently maintained through all its narrow turnings. Viewed by this light it becomes a coherent scheme, and not the monstrous maze the laity are apt to think it. Let them but once clearly perceive that its grand principle is to make business for itself at their expense, and surely they will cease to grumble.”
― Charles Dickens, Bleak House

“After all, what was adult life but one moment of weakness piled on top of another? Most people just fell in line like obedient little children, doing exactly what society expected of them at any given moment, all the while pretending that they’d actually made some sort of choice.”
― Tom Perrotta, Little Children

“It seemed awful that the only things she knew about him were those that made him miserable.”
― Elizabeth Jane Howard, Confusion

“Silk--that's what I want rubbing against me. I feel so woolen all the time.”
― Elaine Dundy, The Dud Avocado