"But luxury has never appealed to me, I like simple things, books, being alone, or with somebody who understands."

"Women want love to be a novel. Men, a short story."

"Last night I dreamt I went to Manderley again."

"Happiness is not a possession to be prized, it is a quality of thought, a state of mind."

"I am glad it cannot happen twice, the fever of first love. For it is a fever, and a burden, too, whatever the poets may say."

"I wish I was a woman of about thirty-six dressed in black satin with a string of pearls."

"I suppose sooner or later in the life of everyone comes a moment of trial. We all of us have our particular devil who rides us and torments us, and we must give battle in the end."

"Men are simpler than you imagine my sweet child. But what goes on in the twisted, tortuous minds of women would baffle anyone."

"Either you go to America with Mrs. Van Hopper or you come home to Manderley with me." "Do you mean you want a secretary or something?" "No, I'm asking you to marry me, you little fool."