#mycobert

“I hesitate to remind you, but this is my house now - Robert’s and mine - and we will make the decision.”

“Mary can be such a child.” “What do you mean, darling?” “She thinks if you put a toy down, it’ll still be sitting there when you want to play with it again.”

“I think I owe you an apology after the way I spoke at dinner.” “Next time you want to treat me like a naughty schoolgirl you might do it in private, and not in front of the servants.”

“I’m an American. I don’t share your English hatred of comfort.”

““I can’t come with out to the Townsends. You’ll have to make up some excuse.” “But we gave them the date." “You’ll think of something.”

"Was it ever in danger? "Many times. My dear papa thought the balloon would go up in the 1880s" "What saved it?" "Cora."

“We’ve dreamed a dream, my dear, but now it’s over. The world was in a dream before the war, but now it’s woken up and said good-bye to it. And so must we.”

“...Except that today has shown me I'm not only a worthless man, but also a bad-tempered and ungrateful one.” “Well, we all know that.”