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Gilded Cage (Lilywhite Boys #2) QUOTES

Gilded Cage (Lilywhite Boys #2) QUOTES

1 " Susan had often been told that women should not show anger. She’d concluded early on that this meant she should not emulate Nathaniel, whose rare but spectacular rages were always short-lived, but rather Justin, who was coldly vicious and could hold a grudge forever. "

― K.J. Charles , Gilded Cage (Lilywhite Boys #2)

2 " This was her family, chosen by love rather than bound by birth, and infinitely stronger for it. "

― K.J. Charles , Gilded Cage (Lilywhite Boys #2)

3 " Susan put a steel hairpin into Kammy’s trouser front. Several inches deep.” Jerry cringed visibly. “Ah, the gentle sex. "

― K.J. Charles , Gilded Cage (Lilywhite Boys #2)

4 " She had a fire and a good book; what more did a woman need? "

― K.J. Charles , Gilded Cage (Lilywhite Boys #2)

5 " Marry me.” “What? No! Go away. "

― K.J. Charles , Gilded Cage (Lilywhite Boys #2)

6 " If it helps,” James said, “most of the underworld is terrified of you. I certainly am. "

― K.J. Charles , Gilded Cage (Lilywhite Boys #2)

7 " She’d forgotten how overwhelming he could be in his desires, and not just physical ones. When James wanted, he did so powerfully. It was overpowering to be wanted this much. "

― K.J. Charles , Gilded Cage (Lilywhite Boys #2)

8 " Men could rant and rave all they chose; if a woman did the same, she showed herself a slave to her emotions. "

― K.J. Charles , Gilded Cage (Lilywhite Boys #2)

9 " A wife is property, James. Why would I give away my humanity for a ring? "

― K.J. Charles , Gilded Cage (Lilywhite Boys #2)

10 " Templeton Lane wasn’t lonely, because he had nobody to miss, and he had no regrets because he had no past. Templeton Lane was a blank slate. "

― K.J. Charles , Gilded Cage (Lilywhite Boys #2)

11 " And that did it. That was joy. A man who asked was good, a man who touched her so worshipfully was better, but a man who noticed her precautionary weaponry and appreciated it—that shot straight through her nerves with a tingling glee that reminded her of the old days, and the wicked pleasure she and Justin had taken in their fraud. Kindred spirits. "

― K.J. Charles , Gilded Cage (Lilywhite Boys #2)

12 " A long flat a to the adjective, like a sheep’s bleat. "

― K.J. Charles , Gilded Cage (Lilywhite Boys #2)

13 " the most suspicious thing about that entire visit was a supposed Anglo-Indian returnee who mentioned tigers without twenty minutes of hunting anecdotes. "

― K.J. Charles , Gilded Cage (Lilywhite Boys #2)

14 " Susan had a sense of justice that far outweighed trivia like personal feelings or the laws of the land. "

― K.J. Charles , Gilded Cage (Lilywhite Boys #2)

15 " Are you with me?” “If you want me there.” “Then don’t let me down. Come on, hurry up. We have murderers to catch. "

― K.J. Charles , Gilded Cage (Lilywhite Boys #2)

16 " Susan was like lye soap: caustic to the point of pain, but very effective. "

― K.J. Charles , Gilded Cage (Lilywhite Boys #2)

17 " So is not talking about important things, Susan. And before you say it, personal matters are important. It’s important that you’re in my life again. It’s important to me to discover if, and how, I can be in yours. "

― K.J. Charles , Gilded Cage (Lilywhite Boys #2)

18 " They aren’t showy; they don’t glitter. But they glow. "

― K.J. Charles , Gilded Cage (Lilywhite Boys #2)

19 " I’m not a sneak thief. I don’t take the cost of a meal from the waiter’s pocket. I’ll have it from the lady dripping with overpriced ornaments for which the workers who dug and cut and set the jewels were paid a pittance. "

― K.J. Charles , Gilded Cage (Lilywhite Boys #2)

20 " The laws are a pile of shit, written by rich men and the Church for the benefit of rich men and the Church. To hell with the law. I wouldn’t be a policeman if they’d have me. "

― K.J. Charles , Gilded Cage (Lilywhite Boys #2)