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1 " If some men think they've been outdone by a woman, well, they hit back with the best weapon they have. And that's to put you in your place and let you think you only have one use in life. "
― Lindsay Armstrong , Enter My Jungle
2 " You need a husband and some babies to look after. Otherwise you're going to grow up into a virago... "
― Lindsay Armstrong , Spitfire
3 " I'm sorry I don't conform to your standards of feminine perfection, but I'm quite happy the way I am—anyway, I wasn't born to be buxom. "
― Lindsay Armstrong , The Seduction Stakes
4 " Do you know something? I've got this funny feeling fate arranged for you to enter my life for the express purpose of tormenting me. "
5 " Next minute you’ll be telling me there’s nothing wrong,’ he said softly. ‘One of the all time favourite lies women employ when they’re hiding huge grievances. "
― Lindsay Armstrong , When Only Diamonds Will Do
6 " All I got was the news that he'd married an absolute honey, and an admonition to eat my heart out. "
7 " It indicated to me,' Jane replied with brutal candour, 'that you're some sort of good-looking, lazy layabout who drifts around the world sponging off people and he'd rather not let you get your hands on any proceeds from this house because you would blow it all—on,' she gestured, 'whatever lazy layabouts blow their money on. Wine, women and... horses, probably,' she finished disgustedly. "
8 " They say you can take someone who was born in Africa out of the bush but you can't take the bush out of someone born there.... "
― Lindsay Armstrong
9 " That's a very admirable quality in a wife. The ability to admit she is in the wrong. "
― Lindsay Armstrong , Leave Love Alone
10 " là-dedans. Et toi, Gail, où en es-tu ? Gail sursauta d’un air coupable. — Je m’apprêtais à dresser les tables, marmonna-t-elle avec raideur avant de s’éloigner, poussant devant elle la desserte à couverts. "
― Lindsay Armstrong , The Return of Her Past
11 " Speaking as the person who had the pleasure of ... breaking Hillary in, you might say, I must congratulate you on your taste, though, old chap. She's very lovely, lovelier if anything now.' He glanced at Hillary critically. 'And I'm sure you'll find I did a good job, if you haven't already done so, "
― Lindsay Armstrong , An Elusive Mistress