His grey eyes searched her countenance with that horrible intensity of fanaticism which is so like the look of cruelty, of greed, of any passion orig… - George Gissing

Ogni donna ha una maschera per tutti, tranne che per un uomo.

"She walked, too, with an air of liberty which marked her spiritual progress. Women glanced at her and looked away with a toss of the head — or its more polite equivalent. Men observed her with a smile of interest; "A fine girl," was their comment, or something to that effect."

"I got used to it," said Piers, "and thought it rather good fun sometimes. After all, a wise autocrat might well prohibit newspapers altogether, don't you think? They have done good, I suppose, but they are just as likely to do harm. When the next great war comes, newspapers will be the chief cause of it. And for mere profit, that's the worst. There are newspaper proprietors in every country, who would slaughter half mankind for the pennies of the half who were left, without caring a fraction of a penny whether they had preached war for a truth or a lie."