Elinor Glyn

“'It' is that quality possessed by some which draws all others with its magnetic force. With 'It' you win all men if you are a woman and all women if you are a man.”

“Love, I have always understood, is a secret. It is possessed by the very few.”

“If you have 'It', you don't need to have anything else; if you don't have 'It', it doesn't matter what else you have.”

“I wasn't a born writer, but I was a born observer.”

“Pretty women without religion are like flowers without perfume.”

“Romance is the glamour which turns the dust of everyday life into a golden haze.”

“The great secret of life is to be interested in one thing profoundly.”

“I think that every woman is a born rebel. My theory is that it is a form of sex antagonism.”

“Heavens, how I long for a little ordinary human enthusiasm. Just enthusiasm—that's all.”

“All the really human things are done in secret.”

“She had 'It,' poor darling. And it was 'It' that wrecked her.”