"Until I met you I never knew anyone who challenged enough of the real heart and mind of me..."
Clare Booth Luce to Henry Luce
She also posed a questionnaire to him, her future husband, and he carried off his answers with great aplomb:
Q: If your lady suddenly takes it into her head to elope with a belted earl or an Egyptologist, will you pursue her with a poker and knock her gently on the head and nurse her tenderly until she comes to her senses?
A: Am not quite so dumb as to answer this one - let the lady take her own chance of being left with her goddamned earl.
Q: Are you prepared to leave your lady a small inviolate section of her life concerning which you must ask no questions and will you be intelligent and foresighted enough to do the same?
A: Yes - but you help me to this wisdom.
Q: Are you prepared for the worst?
A: Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes.
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