"There was no pleasure like being envied on a mass scale."
— Anna Godbersen (The Luxe)

"Diana knew it wouldn't be right, but then she told herself that things only looked wrong when there was someone to see you."
— Anna Godbersen (Rumors)

"As she always did on any really important day, Penelope Hayes wore red."
— Anna Godbersen (The Luxe)

""The headiest loves were the loves that couldn't be.""
— Anna Godbersen (The Luxe)

""Oh yes, well, I find myself unconventional everywhere.""
— Anna Godbersen (The Luxe)

"Its the craziest thing, but i cant stop thinking about you.Henry from The Luxe"
— Anna Godbersen (The Luxe)

"They were a society whose chief vocations were to entertain and be entertained ... "
— Anna Godbersen (The Luxe)

"He was a mystery to her, and every time she tried to solve him it caused her a little more pain. But when she tired to give him up he pursued her in her thoughts, stronger each time. (Envy)"
— Anna Godbersen

"The world is such a mervel-it gave you trials, but if you were still and concentrated, if you tried to do the right thing, it always provided you with salvation."
— Anna Godbersen (Envy)

""Things only looked wrong when there was someone to see you""
— Anna Godbersen (Rumors)

"the first stab of love is like a sunset, a blaze of color "
— Anna Godbersen (The Luxe)

"...she considered herself unconventional..."
— Anna Godbersen (Rumors)

""Instead, he sat in the parlor of his family's Fifth Avenue mansion, growing older by the minute just like everybody else.""
— Anna Godbersen (Rumors)

"He turned his dark eyes on the girl whom he had dreamed of so often over the previous months. Beside him, at that very moment of existence, at the heart of torrential downpour, she was exquistely real, and she, too, seemed content to go on sitting there forever. (Splendor) "
— Anna Godbersen

"THE LUXE IS . . .
Pretty girls in pretty dresses, partying until dawn.
Irresistible boys with mischievous smiles and dangerous intentions.
White lies, dark secrets, and scandalous hookups.
This is Manhattan in 1899.
"
— Anna Godbersen

"A young woman, newly wed, may find herself in the delightful position of wanting to do nothing without the company of her darling husband. She may indeed discover that she spends all her waking hours with her fellow to the exclusion of every other friend or family member. This is understandable, but wholly unacceptable, to society."
— Anna Godbersen (Envy)