A. O'Connor > Quotes

“I have nothing of my own. And you had nothing of your own until you married. Our fortune was to be wives and mothers. Without that, we are nothing.”
― A. O'Connor, The House

“Do not marry the man you love – but the man who loves you. Life will be far easier for you that way.”
― A. O'Connor, The House

“Now, I didn’t approve of this marriage, but you’ve made your decision and you can’t come running back home just because the going gets tough.”
― A. O'Connor, The House

“all right.”
― A. O'Connor, The House

“There won’t be a place for her in the new country if she doesn’t change her ways and move with the times. She wants to hang on to the past. But you can’t. You can only move forward.”
― A. O'Connor, The House

“Do not marry the man you love – but the man who loves you.”
― A. O'Connor, The House

“A woman scorned, Charles – hell hath no fury.”
― A. O'Connor, By Royal Appointment: The Love Affair That Almost Destroyed The Monarchy

“But looks fade, Clara, and charm sours alongside it.”
― A. O'Connor, The House

“this is what you get when you have a girl who has been given everything – she thinks she can have everything.”
― A. O'Connor, The House

“A fear of the house bearing testimony to what went on there. And not just Clara, but everyone else who lived there from Lord Edward and Lady Anna onwards. You like to think your house, your home, has only good memories, but that’s not always true.”
― A. O'Connor, The House

“Yes, the Armstrongs. Anglo-Irish. I knew his grandfather Lord Lawrence. Absolutely charming man, married a lovely girl from Kildare, and they went on to have six children.”
― A. O'Connor, The House

“you?”
― A. O'Connor, On Sackville Street: Love, Deceit, and Secrets Across Generations in Dublin's Turbulent Years

“You’ve been blessed with looks and charm and you think you can have this love too. But love isn’t a given.”
― A. O'Connor, The House

“But the problem with chocolates is, no matter how delectable they look you never know what you’re getting – until you bite into it.”
― A. O'Connor, The House

“Charles went to his writing desk and began to pen a letter to Charles. He began the letter by reporting”
― A. O'Connor, By Royal Appointment: The Love Affair That Almost Destroyed The Monarchy

“Let me give you some advice, Clara. Do not marry the man you love – but the man who loves you. Life will be far easier for you that way.”
― A. O'Connor, The House