Edie Cay > Quotes

“You should hear my speeches when I am thoroughly undressed,” he said, flashing a smile that he was almost certain would earn him a backhand from her driver. “I’m not certain I could stand”
― Edie Cay, A Lady's Revenge

“She wished she had a fan, like in a ballroom, where she could hide her expression, flutter away confusion.”
― Edie Cay, A Lady's Revenge

“Os should like her for what she was. And if she was lean and in fighting condition, he should love her for her sinew. If she was in between, with a bit more cushion, he should love that when he got it, too. If she’d gotten her teeth knocked out, well, then, he should love her with no teeth. A person can’t love an ugly woman and then get picky about it.”
― Edie Cay, The Boxer and the Blacksmith

“Damn it, she scared small girls and old women. The day was shaping up right.”
― Edie Cay, The Boxer and the Blacksmith

“No, John, I’ve plenty of dresses. You remember what Mrs. McEnroe always said: ‘A happy person is more attractive than one who shows misery on her breast.’” “Mrs. McEnroe ran a brothel,” John reminded her. “She knew what she was about,” Pearl pressed. “And you are wearing your misery on your breast.”
― Edie Cay, A Lady's Revenge

“There was something about eating under the covers, the copper wire cat Os had made resting between them, that made a person feel safe. And they needed to feel safe more than they needed to worry about crumbs in the sheets.”
― Edie Cay, The Boxer and the Blacksmith

“She was exhaustion, she was technique, she was the cold survivor of a lifetime ruled by violence.”
― Edie Cay, The Boxer and the Blacksmith

“First off, yer husband has asked me to pound on him, as we’ve done weekly since we were snot-nosed kerchief thieves.” Bess put her hands on her hips to match Lydia. Bess”
― Edie Cay, The Boxer and the Blacksmith

“His face darkened. “Don’t test me, my lady. I know all sorts of ways to make you scream even after I spend myself.”
― Edie Cay, A Lady's Revenge

“He couldn’t be expected to get up in the morning with such long vowels.”
― Edie Cay, A Lady's Revenge