"Find an independent woman-who loves you for you and will be your best friend. I got it right the first time and was very, very lucky."

“Cardboard cutouts of cheerleaders operated by arthritic monkeys would move more fluidly.”

Source : Courtney Summers (2013). “What Goes Around: Two Books In One: Cracked Up to Be & Some Girls Are”, p.34, Macmillan

“Must a government be too strong for the liberties of its people or too weak to maintain its own existence?”

“Religion can be one of the greatest impediments to finding God.”

“You know I want to sing for people, I want to jazz people up I want to make new music that they've never heard.”

“Women are so enigmatical – some in everything – all in matters of the heart. Don't they sometimes actually admire what is repulsive?...”

“Greece is the most magical place on Earth.”

“...May its index point to joy, And moments wing'd with new delights. Sweet may resound each silver bell, And never quick returning chime, Seem in reproving notes to tell, Of hours mispent, and murder'd time....”

Source : Charlotte Turner Smith (2014). “Delphi Complete Poetical Works of Charlotte Smith (Illustrated)”, p.299, Delphi Classics

“I have always read all the latest cookery books and magazines, from all over the world”