I’ve heard it said that Daisy’s murmur was only to make people lean toward her; an irrelevant criticism that made it no less charming.

“Youth is a dream, a form of chemical madness.”

“Benny McClenahan arrived always with four girls. They were never quite the same…”

“I looked back at my cousin who began to ask me questions in her low, thrilling …”

“He had possessed the arrogance of a tall member of a short race, with no obliga…”