Emma Rous > Quotes

“We all did bad things, Alex. You, me, Ruth, Dominic. Just because we haven’t been arrested like Vera, doesn’t mean we got away with it.”
― Emma Rous, The Au Pair

“Well, yes. At least that’s what she told people. They’d have forced her to have hospital monitoring if they’d known you were twins, I suppose, and she just wanted to be left alone to have the home birth she wanted.”
― Emma Rous, The Au Pair

“The fact that I was taking the contraceptive pill, and that I’m tall and gained weight all over without a distinct bump, made its persistence all the more possible.”
― Emma Rous, The Au Pair

“I already know it could be no later, because on the same day Danny and I were born, our mother jumped from the cliffs behind our house and killed herself.”
― Emma Rous, The Au Pair

“I’m forcibly reminded that he is the one – the one I have always, deep down, wanted to share my life at Summerbourne with. I’m so tempted to reach out and run my fingertips over the smooth skin of his arm, to step closer, to hold on to him.”
― Emma Rous, The Au Pair

“there something you want to confess, Seraphine?” “No!” I say, but I can feel the heat in my cheeks. “Don’t be ridiculous.”
― Emma Rous, The Au Pair

“Beth drops her gaze, and she sighs. “But”
― Emma Rous, The Perfect Guests