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1 " Ah, Chantal... Now I think I know how it feels to fly on a trapeze. "
― Madeleine Brent , Stranger at Wildings
2 " Or perhaps it's the wickedness in him that she can't resist. There are such women. "
3 " I didn't mean that I'm a nonpareil now. But I'm different, yes. I've found out that I can do quite difficult things if I keep trying very hard, and at least I've discovered that if I don't keep myself occupied I'm unhappy and unpleasant. "
4 " Its quietness was the quietness of strength. And the eyes were those of one who had walked through many a dark valley without flinching. "
5 " Lucy, you're as transparent as a pane of glass, and there's not a speck of guile to be seen in you. Yet in a way you're a mystery to me. "
― Madeleine Brent , Moonraker's Bride
6 " Perhaps he was a wicked man, as Robert Falcon had said, but he had the saving grace of laughter, could even laugh at his own fatal predicament, and he had been so full of life. "
7 " At a time like this with damage and disorder everywhere, no tale is too absurd to be believed and even decent people seek something on which to vent their anger. "
8 " When You don't know what to do, just do whatever comes next and go from there. "
9 " I was interested when Mr. Morton talked in this manner, giving his thoughts on the way of the world. I knew that most men of his generation fumed at what they considered lack of propriety and dangerous freedom of modern young women, but Mr. Morton was above all a fair and just man, without prejudices. I had once overheard him saying to Colonel Rodsley, 'Certainly I agree with you that women are not the equals of men, Colonel. But neither are men the equals of women. They are quite simply different creatures, thank God, and not to be compared. But that one should be subordinate to the other in the eyes of the law is an injustice I hope to see rectified before I die. "
― Madeleine Brent , Tregaron's Daughter
10 " I'm afraid I'm a restless person "
11 " When are you going to stop thinking about things that don't matter and start thinking about what lies ahead for you? "
12 " Then I remembered that I had yet to learn, if I ever was to learn, how strongly people in love could feel. In any event, I was the last person in the world to judge anyone as foolishly impulsive, for this was my own greatest fault. "
13 " I had lost the habit of eating for pleasure and ate only to satisfy hunger "
― Madeleine Brent
