Ronald Firbank

"Oh! help me, heaven," she prayed, "to be decorative and to do right!"

Princess: I am always disappointed with mountains. There are no mountains in the world as high as I could wish. Adrian: No? Princess: They irritate me invariably. I should like to shake Switzerland.

I suppose when there's no more room for another crow's-foot, one attains a sort of peace?

There was a pause – just long enough for an angel to pass, flying slowly.