Antoinette Stockenberg > Quotes

“Tessie Moran, eighteen and not yet in love, was dreaming of handsome young men and moonlight. She could not easily be roused from her enchantment.”
― Antoinette Stockenberg, Tess

“as he would a constellation in the sky,”
― Antoinette Stockenberg, Tidewater

“you'd better tell them what it”
― Antoinette Stockenberg, Dream a Little Dream

“September 26, Newport went a little mad with grief. It was possibly,”
― Antoinette Stockenberg, BY THE SEA, Book Four: THE HEIRS

“spot. He”
― Antoinette Stockenberg, A Charmed Place

“expect me to stand here?" the maid asked in a low hiss. "I'm sorry, Bridget,”
― Antoinette Stockenberg, Tess

“Will you be lighting the lamp, or is it the entire night you expect me to stand here?" the maid asked in a low hiss.”
― Antoinette Stockenberg, Tess

“much." "There is no aunt or uncle, of course," she said, taking a step back when he seemed to approach her. "How do you keep getting in here, incidentally?" "Key," he said simply. "Sylvia Merchant gave me one many years ago. May I say how grateful I am that you never had the back lock changed?" She thought of Mac: of how he had insisted; how she'd resisted. "I did put locks on the windows," she said, as if that made her look less stupid. The fact was, it made her look more stupid. Phillip had been jangling something in his pockets. When he brought out a silver lighter, Jane knew that it was time — as Mrs. Adamont liked to say — to fish or cut bait. "Phillip. Don't do this. You're not in that deep yet. Cissy's death was an accident." He gave her a sharp look. "That's right. It was." "But there's nothing accidental about arson, Phillip. Why would you do it, anyway — burn down the thing you want?" He”
― Antoinette Stockenberg, Summer Places: A Boxed Set: Three Complete Novels