" All men are good at exit lines,” Harriette said as she removed her opera glass from her beaded reticule. “They use them so frequently, you know. It seems they are always walking out. Off to school, off to war, off to their clubs, or off to their mistresses.” Sophy considered that briefly. “I’d say it was not so much a case of walking out as it is of running away. "

― Amanda Quick , Surrender/Seduction