"Everything in the world is about sex except sex. Sex is about power."
— Oscar Wilde

"Let us read and let us dance — two amusements that will never do any harm to the world."
— Voltaire

"I am only resolved to act in a manner which will constitute my own happiness without reference to you or any person so wholly unconnected with me."
— Jane Austen (Pride and Prejudice)

"I am happier even than Jane; she only smiles, I laugh."
— Jane Austen (Pride and Prejudice)