Admire the world. Relish the love of a gentle woman. Trust in the lord. — John Cheever

He had that spooky bass voice meant to announce that he had entered the kingdom of manhood, but Rosalie knew that he was still outside the gates.

...your underwear is clean in case you should be hit by a taxicab and have to be undressed by strangers.

I'm wicked, as you say, and I'm rude and I'm boorish and I discovered, after marrying Mr Scaddon, that I could be all these things and worse and that there would still be plenty of people to lick my boots.