Susanna Craig > Quotes

“Sometimes,” he explained, with a knowing glance at Miles, whose fingers were still tangled with Daphne’s, “a fellow loses a trifling wager deliberately, to be sure of winning the hand that really matters.”
― Susanna Craig, The Lady Knows Best

“It never ceased to amaze Miles how few people understood that forbidding fruit only made people long for a taste.”
― Susanna Craig, The Lady Knows Best

“But as to Daphne, well, he owed her an apology for his presumption, his arrogance, his foolishness, his selfishness....”
― Susanna Craig, The Lady Knows Best

“She had looked beneath that mask of rakish charm, as she’d called it, and seen him—just as he had seen her. And now she was choosing him freely, with her clever mind and her generous heart and her lush body. He would never let her regret that choice.”
― Susanna Craig, The Lady Knows Best

“So, no—I’m not disappointed. I’m happy that you’re happy. I only ever intended to object to the notion that a young woman is a mere satellite, orbiting around the world of men, nothing to do but sparkle and shine, moving from her father to her husband as if drawn by gravity, rather than moving of her own free will—or capable of spinning off in another direction entirely.”
― Susanna Craig, The Lady Knows Best

“There is nothing more valuable than curiosity and a willingness to learn.”
― Susanna Craig, The Lady Knows Best

“What I have been, and what I am now expected to become, seem to me to be at odds.”
― Susanna Craig, Who's That Earl

“Perhaps it is the lack of useful occupation that renders lap dogs so vicious, Miss Burke countered, the fear in her voice now replaced by the more familiar bite.”
― Susanna Craig, The Companion's Secret

“Perhaps Daphne hadn’t been seeing things as clearly as she ought either.”
― Susanna Craig, The Lady Knows Best

“The contrarian in Cami wondered why beggars must be expected to forgo the dignity of choice. And why women were so often required to beg.”
― Susanna Craig, The Companion's Secret

“Anyway, thank God no one else noticed,” Bell went on. “Five more minutes out there, and you might have been ruined.” It was the familiar threat, marshaled to keep young women in line.”
― Susanna Craig, The Lady Knows Best