The Semi-Attached Couple Quotes

“Thirty morning gowns!" whispered Sarah, as they went down stairs. "The idea of a new gown every day for a month. Now I call that real happiness.”
― Emily Eden, The Semi-Attached Couple

“«Prefiero ser odiado que amado con tibieza»”
― Emily Eden, The Semi-Attached Couple

“Pues las cosas son así:
jamás apreciamos en su justa medida aquello de que gozamos mientras lo disfrutamos,
pero, cuando sentimos su falta si lo perdemos
entonces su valía exageramos;
entonces descubrimos las virtudes que no estimamos cuando eran nuestro.”
― Emily Eden, The Semi-attached Couple

“What could be more absurd than to assemble a crowd to witness a man and woman promising to love each other for the rest of their lives, when we know what human creatures are, — men so thoroughly selfish and unprincipled, women so vain and frivolous?”
― Emily Eden, The Semi-Attached Couple