Mary Ann Shaffer

"What a blight that woman is. Do you happen to know why? I lean toward a malignant fairy at her christening."

"Friends, show me a man who hates himself, and I'll show you a man who hates his neighbors more! He'd have to—you'd not grant anyone else something you can't have for yourself—no love, no kindness, no respect!"

"He's got that way of believing his opinion is the truth, but he's not disagreeable about it. He's too sure he's right to bother being disagreeable."