A man is already halfway in love with any woman who listens to him.

If you have a talent, use it in every which way possible. Don't hoard it. Don't dole it out like a miser. Spend it lavishly like a millionaire intent on going broke.

—Brendan Francis

A quotation in a speech, article or book is like a rifle in the hands of an infantryman. It speaks with authority.

—Brendan Francis

If you greatly desire something, have the guts to stake everything on obtaining it.

—Brendan Francis

People who ask our advice almost never take it. Yet we should never refuse to give it, upon request, for it often helps us to see our own way more clearly.

—Brendan Francis

The girl with a future avoids a man with a past.

—Evan Esar

There is a woman at the beginning of all great things.

—Alphonse de Lamartine

Son, brother, father, lover, friend. There is room in the heart for all the affections, as there is room in heaven for all the stars.

—Victor Hugo

We're told that men are strong and brave, but I think women know how to endure, accept defeat, and bear physical and mental agony much better than men.

—Lisa See in Shanghai Girls

He made me happy. He made me crazy. He made me thank the heavens for the day I'd met him. He made me curse the same heavens for the day I'd met him.

—Nicole Williams in Clash