“A lady cannot be blamed if a master criminal takes a fancy to her.”

“Quit, quit, for shame, this will not move:
This cannot take her.
If of herself she cannot love,
Nothing can make her:
The devil take her!”

“But when a young lady is to be a heroine, the perverseness of forty surrounding families cannot prevent her. Something must and will happen to throw a hero in her way.”

“Ah, ladies and gentlemen, a man lives a sad life when he cannot take anything or anyone seriously.”

“You cannot "love" a dog out of her bad behavior, just as you can't "love" a criminal into stopping his crimes.”

“Darling, a true lady takes off her dignity with her clothes and does her whorish best. At other times you can be as modest and dignified as your persona requires.”

“Her iron will won international respect. Her unabashed femininity gained women’s. Margaret Thatcher was a lady’s lady.”

“Do you blame me, ladies and gentlemen, for being reluctant to deliver to them the message that is traditional on commencement day?”

“No one blames her."
"That never matters," said Alec. "Not when you blame yourself.”

“I cannot do it. I cannot bear it. I cannot go back to what I was here. I cannot stand at her side and watch another take her. I am not that strong or that good.”