The Siren Of Sussex Quotes

Wonderful things didn’t happen because one was cautious. They happened because one dared.

I don't wish to be filed away in a neat little category, labeled and dismissed by society as if I weren't a person full of mysterious complexities. I don't even know the full depth and breadth of what I am yet—or what I'm capable of. How can a man? How can anyone?

It’s not his responsibility to educate me. The ignorance is mine, and so must be the remedy for it.

Ahmad passed no judgment. He’d lived among working women for the better part of his life in London. Some were good and some bad, just as in every line of business. As for the morality of it, he had no fixed opinion. One did what one must to survive. Life was difficult enough without having to feel ashamed about it.

And why should I admit to a label?” Evelyn demanded, nettled. “First it’s wallflower, then it’s bluestocking, and then it’s old maid or spinster. I don’t wish to be filed away in a neat little category, labeled and dismissed by society as if I weren’t a person full of mysterious complexities. I don’t even know the full depth and breadth of what I am yet—or what I’m capable of. How can a man? How can anyone?

And it was the differences in a person that gave rise to true beauty. Isn’t that what Mr. Malik had told her? Sameness was comfortable, but it didn’t move the soul.

the gentry’s aversion to honest labor, but he didn’t accept it. There was nothing shameful about doing whatever was necessary to look after one’s family. Those gentlemen who refused to do so—who shrank from work and instead chose to let their estates and their families fall into ruin—deserved his scorn, not his pity. And certainly not his understanding.

Nothing was ever said outright. That wasn’t how civilized people operated. It was the sharp looks and the double-edged remarks. It was the lingering suspicion. As if his and Mira’s ancestry was but the first step toward committing some manner of crime.

You may find that a conscience is a luxury in London. Especially when weighed against the demands of fashionable society.

He sewed pockets in all of her skirts,” Anne said.

He sewed pockets in all of her skirts,” Anne said. “Pockets.” Julia sighed. “Imagine.” “And she didn’t even have to ask him to do it,” Stella said.