7 Quotes by Theresa Romain

What I mean is, she doesn't need to collect things for the sake of collecting them. She never has. She only wears gowns that make her feel beautiful, and she only spends time with people whose company she likes. She wants to please herself, not others. It doesn't matter to her if the things she likes are the ones other people think are the best.

You can't hide and pretend to be someone you're not,Pearl. You can never belong to anyone else."She set her jaw, refusing to flinch or look away. "Anyone besides myself, you mean? That's true. Though it was always true.

As she hung in the seat, Bart stepped back and raked her with a molten gaze. “I imagine you,” he said, “with your collar undone. With your habit shirt unbuttoned and your hair unpinned.” She swallowed. “That is a lot of undoing.

Nicholas, I want to be loved. I don’t think there could ever be too many people in the world who love me. Certainly there are not too many now.

Any place could be a cage. And maybe, with the right person, any place could be a home.

She did not know what sort of person he was. But she thought – she hoped – that he would hold her trust as the fragile, precious thing it was.

Awful fondness you people have for knives. It’s really not right.