So sweet and delicious do I become,when I am in bed with a manwho, I sense, loves and enjoys me,that the pleasure I bring excels all delight,so the knot of love, however tightit seemed before, is tied tighter still.

Finding out that you are not your lover’s only lover hurts, but not as much as discovering that you are the side chick … or the side dick.

Some women would not cheat, and some would not have cheated, had they each married a man whom they love … or at least like.

I was performing my ritual of sipping tea, shooting flirtatious glances and planning murder

Let those who love me follow me'Cora Pearl, on being the very first person to dye her hair red in 1864

I have never deceived anyone, for I have never belonged to anyone. My independence was all my wealth: I have known no other happiness.