Bella Ellis > Quotes

“It would have been better for you to have been born a girl, Branwell. Then you would have had to learn from the crib how to practise restraint, how to bear disappointment and expect much less than you are owed. It would have made you a much stronger person than you are as a man.”
― Bella Ellis, The Vanished Bride

“As Charlotte took her brother's hand and brought it to her lips, she understood the attraction of his hopeless spiral. For there were times when her fury and pain burnt so brightly within, she longed to tear the whole world down.”
― Bella Ellis, The Vanished Bride

“It would have ben better for you to have been born a girl, Branwell. Then you would have had to learn from the crib how to practise restraint, how to bear disappointment and expect much less than you are owed. It would have made you a stronger person than you are as a man.”
― Bella Ellis, The Vanished Bride

“Charlotte halted Emily’s complaint by bringing her finger up to her lips and looking pointedly at Patrick’s study.”
― Bella Ellis, The Vanished Bride

“Charlotte held out her hand, but Joseph did not give her the letter. “The complication is, miss . . .” Thomas kept a firm hold on the screwed-up document, positively writhing with discomfort.”
― Bella Ellis, The Vanished Bride

“Charlotte returned her gimlet gaze to John, hoping to pretend that Mr. Nicholls was no longer there,”
― Bella Ellis, The Vanished Bride