The Madman’s Daughter (The Madman’s Daughter, #1) QUOTES

2 " The ways of men and women are such a puzzle. And I could barely decipher my own feelings, let along anyone else's. "

― Megan Shepherd , The Madman’s Daughter (The Madman’s Daughter, #1)

4 " He pushed my back against the stall door, kissing me. Edward had tried kissing me, but I'd been so shocked I'd barely had time to explore how it felt. Lucy had told me stories of shady corners and sweaty palms. But this was passionate. Wild. Something I'd never known.
"Have you kissed a girl before?" I whispered. He ran his thumb over my cheek. His eyes lingered on my lips.
"Yes," he said. I thought of Alice, her pretty blonde hair, the split lip that made her so vulnerable. But it wasn't her name he said.
"A woman at the docks in Brisbane. She didn't mean anything. I was lonely. It wasn't love." A prostitute, he meant. "

― Megan Shepherd , The Madman’s Daughter (The Madman’s Daughter, #1)

6 " My heartbeat faltered. He pulled away, taking a little piece of my heart with him. "

― Megan Shepherd , The Madman’s Daughter (The Madman’s Daughter, #1)

8 " Analyzing, always analyzing— I couldn’t feel safe until I knew every aspect of what I was facing. "

― Megan Shepherd , The Madman’s Daughter (The Madman’s Daughter, #1)

10 " I folded my arm. "You know, I suspect you and Edward would be friends if it weren't for this place."

His eyes were on fire. "It's not this island keeping us from being friends."

My pounding heart stole the words to reply to that. "

― Megan Shepherd , The Madman’s Daughter (The Madman’s Daughter, #1)

12 " Whether I'm right or wrong has nothing to do with gender. "

― Megan Shepherd , The Madman’s Daughter (The Madman’s Daughter, #1)

14 " I rested my forehead against the wall and closed my eyes. It wasn’t just my curiosity, or my fascination with anatomy, or how I could unhesitatingly chop a rabbit’s head off with an ax when a roomful of boys couldn’t. Those things were all symptoms of the same sickness - a kind of madness inherited from my father. It was a dangerous pull in my gut drawing me toward the dark possibilities of science, toward the thin line between life and death, toward the animal impulses hidden behind a corset and a smile. "

― Megan Shepherd , The Madman’s Daughter (The Madman’s Daughter, #1)

16 " We're going to die, aren't we?" I asked bitterly.
He held me so tight I could hardly breathe. But I wanted tighter still. "Not here. I swear it. "

― Megan Shepherd , The Madman’s Daughter (The Madman’s Daughter, #1)

18 " Oh, and Juliet," he said. I turned back. Half of his face was thrown in deep shadow, while the whites of his teeth gleamed in the distant lights from the salon. "I’ll be working in the laboratory late tonight. I’ve a good start on the new specimens. Don’t be alarmed if you’re awoken. The animals - they scream, you know. An unfortunate effect of vivisection. It keeps the whole household up."

For a breath, the world seemed to freeze. And then the clouds rolled again, the wind howled again. I realized that he had charmed me, just like he charmed everyone. I’d thought I was so clever. I thought I could see past his manipulations. But I’d heard only what I wanted to.

He’d never said the accusations were untrue. Just unfair. "

― Megan Shepherd , The Madman’s Daughter (The Madman’s Daughter, #1)

20 " He left slowly, as if he had to pry himself away before he something improper. A growing part of me wished he'd stayed. "

― Megan Shepherd , The Madman’s Daughter (The Madman’s Daughter, #1)