Dorothy Sheldon > Quotes

“He was not a bad man, but he was a weak one, and weakness in a position of power does as much damage as cruelty, only slower.”
― Dorothy Sheldon, The Beastly Duke’s Sensible Bride: A Historical Regency Romance Book

“The knowledge of it changed the view the way a lamp changes a room: not by altering what was there, but by illuminating what had been there all along and had simply not been seen.”
― Dorothy Sheldon, The Cruel Duke’s Practical Duchess: A Historical Regency Romance Book

“the comfortable litany of excuses the powerful offered when the powerless suffered from the consequences of their wealth.”
― Dorothy Sheldon, The Cruel Duke’s Practical Duchess: A Historical Regency Romance Book

“things that seem broken can be made whole again. That darkness is not permanent. That there is always, always the possibility of light.”
― Dorothy Sheldon, The Beastly Duke’s Sensible Bride: A Historical Regency Romance Book

“that silence was not emptiness but space, and the person who could hold that space longest was often the person who controlled the conversation.”
― Dorothy Sheldon, The Cruel Duke’s Practical Duchess: A Historical Regency Romance Book

“But carrying was not the same as being crushed. Remembering was not the same as being destroyed.”
― Dorothy Sheldon, The Beastly Duke’s Sensible Bride: A Historical Regency Romance Book