No one ever told me I was pretty when I was a little girl. All little girls should be told they're pretty, even if they aren't.
Woman know when a man looks into her eyes and sees someone else.
Kindness and intelligence are the preoccupations of age. Being cruel and thoughtless is far more fascinating when you're twenty.
If a girl looks swell when she meets you, who gives a damn if she's late?
... a woman’s body is like a violin <...> it takes a terrific musician to play it right.