Dorothy Eden > Quotes

“The danger, of course, existed in her curiosity, her intelligence, and her stubbornly observant eyes. She had to go away before she found out too much. No one wished her, personally, any harm; she was small and pretty and no one would want to hurt her, but if she became a danger she must suffer.”
― Dorothy Eden, Lamb to the Slaughter

“Safe…It was true that the chilly grey summer day, the hissing of steam, the shouting and bustle of a busy London railway terminal, and the constantly belching smoke, did constitute a menacing atmosphere to such new arrivals from another world.”
― Dorothy Eden, Darkwater

“And you, said Emily vigorously to her reflection in the mirror, aren’t a ghost, and had better not find yourself being treated as one. No dead woman’s shoes for you, my girl. A new life for you in this glorious sunshine. Love, living, fun, freedom… All the things poor unlucky Dolly lost so soon.”
― Dorothy Eden, The Marriage Chest

“Darkwater, the faded rose many-chimneyed house, the lawns, the trees heavy with summer, the strutting peacocks, the distant flicker of the lake.”
― Dorothy Eden, Darkwater

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― Dorothy Eden, The American Heiress

“Dorothy Eden (1912–1982) was the internationally acclaimed author of more than forty bestselling Gothic, romantic suspense, and historical novels. Born in New Zealand, where she attended school and worked as a legal secretary, she moved to London in 1954 and continued to write prolifically. Eden’s novels are known for their suspenseful, spellbinding plots, finely drawn characters, authentic historical detail, and often a hint of spookiness.”
― Dorothy Eden, The Millionaire's Daughter

“In the summer Darkwater was beautiful. It was as if its happier ghosts—perhaps there were summertime ghosts—lived then.”
― Dorothy Eden, Darkwater

“Eavesdroppers, she had always heard, and similarly people burrowing into private matters, found nothing to comfort them.”
― Dorothy Eden, The American Heiress