Margaret Way

“She was so shattered about what kind of man he was -- brutal, tender, passionate. There was little doubt he had some mental disorder.”

“If you ever look sideways at another man or attempt to refuse me I shall beat you. Got it?”

“It may come as an extraordinary shock to you but you're the only woman who has ever succeeded in getting under my skin. It could be because you're a raving lunatic.”

“She was no intellectual, but men were scrupulous about avoiding intellectual women unless they had the sense to keep it well hidden.”

“Woman magic. A quality that could bring great joy or havoc or both in equal measure.”

“I have the solution to all my problems. I have money, position, the running of one of the country’s legendary cattle stations. I can even get the girl I want. I can’t buy her, of course. She’s got money of her own. But I’m pretty sure if I talk to her dad, he’ll give me the green light.”

“You make me come alive- too alive. It's breathless, like a disaster. Ravishing, like crossing over into the desert and losing your bearings. Nothing's the same again.”

“It's quite commonplace for a young man to fall in love and equally commonplace for him to be rejected, but come what may, I'll always be fond of you.”

“I don't love you, you know. I'm merely crazy about you.”

“The nicest men in the world were horribly cruel. They took no great pleasure from it, it was just part of being a male, with a perpetual deep gulf between the sexes.”

“Men were notorious for their acts of disloyalty.”

“Sometimes she couldn't tolerate a man's physical superiority. No wonder they were so damned macho.”

“Tall, elegant, vital, scornful. A man like that could rock a woman to her very core.”

“Sleeping with a woman is easy. Loving her is an entirely different thing.”

“Men were like horses, she mused dreamily. All they needed was breaking in.”

“The truly unsettling thing about being a woman was needing a man to realise one's full potential”

“I know essentially you're some kind of enchantress. Maybe you're still serving your apprenticeship, but you're an enchantress all right. Probably I'd get used to you in time. Right now, it's only my demonic will that's keeping me playing it mighty cool.”

“All human happiness revolves around love. Love is central to the bonds on which a family is built.”

“Men-what arrogance! That was the worst of them. Forget the sexual hold they had on you. They would never liberate women at all.”

“There are more good women in the world than there are men worthy of them!”