Emma Golding > Quotes

“Women may be menaced anywhere, I fear.”
― Emma Golding, Rooted

“It wasn’t an apology.”
― Emma Golding, Rooted

“Captain Stokes”
― Emma Golding, Rooted

“she thought for a moment God answered prayers, Sir John’s death would not have come as such a surprise”
― Emma Golding, Rooted

“A lengthy trip would not deter an ardent lover,” Molly said”
― Emma Golding, Rooted

“she had tied extra string to each end of the laces so she could pull them tight from the front.”
― Emma Golding, Rooted

“Gambling and kidnapping were permissible, piracy was required, but he drew the line at amorous liaisons?”
― Emma Golding, Rooted

“maybe it was only charity to watch.”
― Emma Golding, Rooted

“If some seem content with the current state of things, they would fall to pieces as soon as you received a share of their plunder.”
― Emma Golding, Rooted

“She had guessed at some of the new experiences she would look forward to on the ship, but sitting on the floor of the cargo hold petting a cat had not been on the list.”
― Emma Golding, Rooted

“his”
― Emma Golding, Rooted

“Her fingers fluttered over her instrument with the confidence of a musician who had already downed a few mugs of beer.”
― Emma Golding, Rooted

“The man in the yellow hat”
― Emma Golding, Rooted

“With a loud “hup,” Stokes signaled to the musicians that he neared the end. He gestured with his bow to wind them down to the finish, and they lingered on the final note, Scurlock shaking his tambourine. Stokes ended with a flourish, his bow rising into the air like a feather in an updraft.”
― Emma Golding, Rooted

“Her happiness wasn’t worth all the trouble she would cause if she left.”
― Emma Golding, Rooted

“rooted”
― Emma Golding, Rooted

“No, she was more likely to play Titania and fall in love with the ass.”
― Emma Golding, Rooted

“Margaret would have traded this torture for that clarity in a second.”
― Emma Golding, Rooted

“Matthew had slipped from her mind.”
― Emma Golding, Rooted

“Euphoria that she was free, in control of her own destiny, to an extent she had only ever imagined.”
― Emma Golding, Rooted

“Often she worried this was proof of something broken in her. A slipping gear. A missing piece.”
― Emma Golding, Rooted

“They were crude love letters, poorly penned and awkwardly spelled, and he favored the explicit over the poetic.”
― Emma Golding, Rooted

“So her new form does not save her?” “Indeed not.” “Then you are no Daphne.”
― Emma Golding, Rooted

“Yet something prevented her.”
― Emma Golding, Rooted

“She put on an expression of shock and dismay to hide her shameful apathy.”
― Emma Golding, Rooted

“And now, Maggie Bailey would earn three whole shillings. Every week.”
― Emma Golding, Rooted

“inconspicuous little ledger, the same size and shape of her beloved book of Shakespeare sonnets.”
― Emma Golding, Rooted

“Why had she not gone to him?”
― Emma Golding, Rooted

“would it become true?”
― Emma Golding, Rooted

“Hermelin”
― Emma Golding, Rooted