9 Quotes by Evie Dunmore

...Even [Helen of Troy’s] obsession with Paris was compelled by a poisoned arrow—what’s romantic about that?”“Passion,” Annabelle said, “Eros’s arrows are infused with passion.”“Oh, passion, poison,” Hattie said, “either makes people addle-brained.”She had a point. The ancient Greeks had considered passion a form of madness that infected the blood, and these days, it still inspired elopements and illegal duels and lurid novels. It could even lead a perfectly sensible vicar’s daughter astray.

Hattie pursed her lips. “Personally, I always found a thousand ships a little excessive. And Menelaus and Paris fought over Helen like dogs over a bone; no one asked her what she wanted. Even her obsession with Paris was compelled by a poisoned arrow—what’s romantic about that?”“Passion,” Annabelle said, “Eros’s arrows are infused with passion.”“Oh, passion, poison,” Hattie said, “either makes people addle-brained.

Bewildering. If it was truly in woman's nature to be an ever demure and pleasant sunbeam in the gloom, why then, it took an awful lot of ink and instructions to keep reminding woman of this nature of hers..

Have you perchance considered becoming a little more likable?

That was why they called it temptation—it never presented itself as something ugly, or tepid, or harmless; no, it came in the guise of glorious feelings and a sense of utter rightness, even when it was wrong. That was why one needed principles. Regrettable, that her grasp on them was so shaky when it counted.

John Stuart Mill says it is better to have choices even if it complicates matters, that it is better to be dissatisfied human than a satisfied pig.

Of all the types of men [Annabelle] had learned to manage, the “ignorant yet self-important” type was not exactly the most challenging. Then again, when her very fate lay in the hands of such a man, it added insult to injury. Gilbert would snatch the chance of a lifetime from her here in his cramped little study and go straight back to admiring his freshly pinned butterflies in the display case on the desk between them.

This is a man who divorced his wife after barely a year, kept her dowry, and made her disappear. We can safely assume that he is a lost battle where women’s rights are concerned, and not squander our limited resources on him.

Because, my Lord, if the marchioness believes that the female is incapable of forming a sound analysis on political issues, why should anyone trust her analysis on women in politics?