Elinor Glyn Quotes

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He had that nameless charm, with a strong magnetism which can only be called "It", and cats – as well as women – always knew when he came into the room.

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Romance is the glamour which turns the dust of everyday life into a golden haze.

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And loveliest sight of all, in front of the fire, stretched at full length, was his tiger – and on him – also at full length – reclined the lady, garbed in some strange clinging garment of heavy purple crepe, its hem embroidered with gold, one white arm resting on the beast's head, her back supported by a pile of the velvet cushions, and a heap of rarely bound books at her side, while between her red lips was a rose not redder than they – an almost scarlet rose.

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To define a man: he must be a creature who makes me feel that I am a woman.

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No matter what he does, one always forgives him. It does not depend upon looks, either – although this actual person is abominably good-looking – it does not depend upon intelligence or character or – anything – as you say, it is just "it".

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The duration of love in a being always depends upon the loved one. I create an emotion in you, as you create one in me. You do not create it in yourself.

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Some of the women of this select company had been described by an agricultural duke who had stayed there as having just enough sense to come in out of the rain.

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She retired to bed, to sleep the sleep of those just persons whose digestions are as strong as their absence of imagination.

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To have 'It,' the fortunate possessor must have that strange magnetism which attracts both sexes. He or she must be entirely unself-conscious and full of self-confidence, indifferent to the effect he or she is producing, and uninfluenced by others. There must be physical attraction, but beauty is unnecessary.

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To have "It", the fortunate possessor must have that strange magnetism which attracts both sexes. He or she must be entirely unselfconscious and full of self-confidence, indifferent to the effect he or she is producing, and uninfluenced by others. There must be physical attraction, but beauty is unnecessary.

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How much better to make no vow; then at least when the cord of attraction snaps, we can go free, still defying the lightning in our untarnished pride.

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A madness of tender caressing seized her. She purred as a tiger might have done, while she undulated like a snake.

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Marriage is the aim and end of all sensible girls, because it is the meaning of life.

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No one can control his emotion of love for a woman... the sentiment he feels, I mean, but the strong man controls the demonstration.

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I don't know how it is the most unattractive creatures of every nation seem to be the ones who travel.

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American humor... is not subtle. It is something that makes you laugh the moment you hear it, you have not to think a scrap.

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Do you not feel that sometimes in life one's friendships begin by antipathy — sometimes by indifference — and sometimes by that sudden magnetism of sympathy as if in some former life we had been very near and dear, and were only picking up the threads again, and to such two souls there is no feeling that they are strangers.

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Detroit is really the most perfectly laid out city one could imagine, and such an enchanting park and lake, — infinitely better than any town I know in Europe. It ought to be a paradise in about fifty years when it has all matured.

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Passionate jealousy is not a good foster-parent for prudence.

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I have wondered sometimes if there are not perhaps some disadvantages in having really blue blood in one's veins, like grandmamma and me.

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