Having been raised by relations who had always lamented the garish color of her hair and the proliferation of freckles, Evie gave him a skeptical smile. Aunt Florence has always given me a bleaching lotion to make my freckles vanish. But there’s no getting rid of them.

I do, my lady. Fencing is an excellent sport for ladies- it develops strength, posture, and proper breathing.

She smiled at him, though her hazel-green eyes were wary beneath the brim of a sodden hat.

Fencing isn't really fighting. It's more like chess with the risk of puncture wounds.

I'm not short,' Daisy muttered. 'Short women are never mysterious, or elegant, or pursued by handsome men. And they're always treated like children. I refuse to be short.

Most lives are not distinguished by great achievements. They are measured by an infinite number of small ones. Each time you do a kindness for someone or bring a smile to his face, it gives your life meaning. Never doubt your value, little friend. The world would be a dismal place without you in it.

Love is always a leap into the unknown. You can try to control as many variables, and understand a situation as you can, but you're still jumping off a cliff and hoping that someone catches you.

Daisy,” Westcliff said gently, “most lives are not distinguished by great achievements. They are measured by an infinite number of small ones. Each time you do a kindness for someone or bring a smile to his face, it gives your life meaning. Never doubt your value, little friend. The world would be a dismal place without Daisy Bowman in it.

I’ve heard that hat making drives people mad,” Pandora remarked. “Which I don’t understand, because it doesn’t seem tedious enough to do that.” “It isn’t the job that drives them mad,” West said. “It’s the mercury solution they use to smooth the felt. After repeated exposure, it addles the brain. Hence the term ’mad as a hatter.

Great men don’t nessarily make good husbands.