Quotes by Ada Leverson

Ada Leverson

British writer

Lived from: 1862 - 1933

Category: Writers (Contemporary) Country: FlagUnited Kingdom

Born: 10 october 1862 Died: 30 august 1933

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  • As a rule the person found out in a betrayal of love holds, all the same, the superior position of the two. It is the betrayed one who is humiliated.
    Source: Loves Shadow (1908) Ch. xxxix
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  • Before he left, Aunt William pressed a sovereign into his hand guiltily, as if it were conscience money. He, on his side, took it as though it were a doctor's fee, and both ignored the transaction.
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  • He had no special hobbies, but he needed luxury in general of a kind, and especially the luxury of getting things in a hurry, his theory being that everything comes to the man who won't wait.
    Source: Tenterhooks (1912) Ch. vii
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  • She thought that most women make a great mistake in allowing dress to be the master instead of the servant of their good looks; many women were, she considered, entirely crushed and made insignificant by the beauty of their clothes.
    Source: Tenterhooks (1912)
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  • Some men are born husbands; they have a passion for domesticity, for a fireside, for a home. Yet, curiously, these men very rarely stay at home. Apparently what they want is to have a place to get away from.
    Source: Love at Second Sight (1916) Ch. xviii
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  • Somehow she had thought of him so much that when she actually saw him again her affection seemed cooler. Had she worn out the passion by dint of constancy?
    Source: Love at Second Sight (1916)
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  • You don't know a woman until you have received a letter from her.
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