Offer

Famous quotes containing the word offer:

    “In short, Isabella, since I cannot give you my son, I offer you myself.” -- “Heavens!” cried Isabella ... “what do I hear! You, my lord! You! my father in law! the father of Conrad! the husband of the virtuous and tender Hippolita!” -- “I tell you,” said Manfred imperiously, “Hippolita is no longer my wife; I divorce her from this hour.”
    Horace Walpole (1717–1797)

    A book is a version of the world. If you do not like it, ignore it; or offer your own version in return.
    Salman Rushdie (b. 1947)

    The first lover is kept a long while, when no offer is made of a second.
    François, Duc De La Rochefoucauld (1613–1680)