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81 " Have you finished your tea? I want to show you the painting.” “Monsieur,” Cécile said. “Unless I am drinking champagne, I am always finished. "
― Tasha Alexander , Dangerous to Know (Lady Emily, #5)
82 " small measure of "
― Tasha Alexander , And Only to Deceive (Lady Emily, #1)
83 " lady have that matters more than her reputation?” “I can think of lots of things,” I said, but wasn’t allowed to continue. "
― Tasha Alexander , A Crimson Warning (Lady Emily, #6)
84 " Amelia Edward’s Thousand Miles Up the Nile, Gertrude Bell’s Persian Pictures, and Mary Kingsley’s Travels in West Africa, Congo Français, Corisco, and Cameroons. "
85 " I would not love you so well if you were less headstrong. "
― Tasha Alexander , A Poisoned Season (Lady Emily, #2)
86 " I guess the truth is we never know every detail about another person. "
87 " Sunlight poured around us, its reflection dancing over the ornate facades of the buildings that rose, majestic, straight from the water. We passed the domed church of Santa Maria della Salute, built in the seventeenth century to give thanks for the end of the plague that had killed upwards of a hundred thousand people in the city, and we crossed under the Ponte della Carita, "
― Tasha Alexander , Death in the Floating City (Lady Emily, #7)
88 " ugliest bridge in the city. It was made from iron, did not have a graceful arching form like the famous stone bridges prevalent throughout Venice, and had been placed too low over the water, making it difficult for gondoliers during high tide. Around us, the canal was crowded with boats, the only method of transport in a place with no streets. I’d already decided I didn’t miss them. I much preferred the sleek gondolas, with their singing boatmen, to the clatter of horse and carriage. "
89 " Ah, no wonder the men of Troy and Argives under arms have suffered years of agony all for her, for such a woman. Beauty, terrible beauty! —The Iliad, Homer,TRANSLATED BY ROBERT FAGLES "
― Tasha Alexander , A Terrible Beauty (Lady Emily, #11)
90 " Women’s Liberal Federation, a group in which I’ve been intimately involved (albeit from a distance) since its inception, is in the midst of heated controversy. They’ve decided to press forward with an agenda that includes actively pursuing the right of women to vote. All members of the fair sex throughout Britain ought to rejoice at such news. But instead, at least ten thousand of our members have renounced the organization in protest. Rumor has it they’re starting a group "
91 " of their own, one that will not support suffrage, and I’m afraid the Liberal Party leadership may prefer their priorities. What good is fighting for women’s rights if those rights don’t include being able to vote? "
92 " details of my afternoon, staying silent until I mentioned the "
93 " If he could get a commission to work on the murals in one of the Ringstrasse buildings, he would be in a much better position.” “He’ll never allow us to arrange such a thing, and I respect him immeasurably for it. "
― Tasha Alexander , A Fatal Waltz (Lady Emily, #3)
94 " Lady Emily, and then consider your connection with the Women’s Liberal Federation. It’s very off-putting,” she said. “People are beginning to talk.” “Let them,” I said. “I believe in what I’m doing.” “You’re just trying to get attention. No thinking person can believe women "
95 " You learn far more about character from "
96 " You know, Winifred, you begin to make me wonder if all women should have the right to vote. "
97 " people’s secrets than you do their public acts. "
98 " And more still about the characters of those around them by studying their reactions to the secrets revealed. "
99 " bloody Married Women’s Property Act. "
100 " at half eleven in the evening. You will receive further instructions there. "