"O cheiro de cravo, a cor de canela, eu vim de longe vim ver Gabriela."

"At twenty, man is less a lover of woman than of women: he is more in love with the sex than with the individual, howe…"

"The life of a woman is a long dissimulation. Candor, beauty, freshness, virginity, modesty — a woman has each of thes…"

"The ear is the last resort of chastity: after it is expelled from the heart, it takes refuge there."

"A secret passion defends the heart of a woman better than her moral sense."

"The heart of youth is reached through the senses; the senses of age are reached through the heart."

"Restif de la Bretonne undoubtedly holds a remarkable place in French literature. He was inordinately vain, of extreme…"

"Maurice Nicoll says all history is a living today. We are not enjoying one spark of life in a huge, dead waste. We ar…"

"She groaned as her face turned to press against the rosewood floor. "Welly, remind me to order a better mattress for …"

"Oh, Eliza," Wellington gasped, now remembering why he was in these lush surroundings. "No broken nose, I hope.""