Emily E.K. Murdoch > Quotes

“There was something about having your heart walking about in pieces around the world. No matter what they did, as long as they came home, all would be well.”
― Emily E.K. Murdoch, The Convenient Engagement

“itself, and I see no reason to be”
― Emily E.K. Murdoch, Always the Chaperone

“I quickly grow tired of scrutinizing my reflection in the mirror, studying the girl who lives in the glass.”
― Emily Murdoch

“He had spoken in a whisper and she answered in one – though perhaps not how he had expected. “Do you not find it singular that people lower their voices when they enter a library? Almost as though they were churches, holy sites of treasures waiting to be discovered.”
― Emily Murdoch, A Springtide Meeting

“Oxford, designed part of an exhibition for the Yorkshire Museum, worked as a researcher for a BBC documentary presented by Ian Hislop, and worked at Polesden Lacey with the National Trust. She has a degree in History and English, and a Masters in Medieval Studies, both from the University of York. Emily has a medieval series, a Regency series, and a Western series published, and is currently working on several new projects. You can follow her on twitter and instagram @emilyekmurdoch, find her on facebook”
― Emily Murdoch, Conquests

“The gossip shall start no matter what I do!” Leo stared at her in amazement. “You speak as though your future is already set.” “It is,” Miss Royce said ruefully. “The only way that the world knows how to talk about women is by describing them in relation to the men around them! Walter’s daughter, Isaac’s jilted bride, Leo’s mistress – do you think that I’m ever given a second thought, once they have put me in a box and labelled me?” “You”
― Emily Murdoch, A Harvest Passion

“Katarina shrugged, for want of something better to say. It just seemed so…so dull. They had done it all before, knew the routine, and that left her bored to tears. There was so much in the world they had never explored, so much that had been hidden from them. Katarina could not recall having a conversation with someone new in months. Years, perhaps.”
― Emily E.K. Murdoch, Eight Maids a Milking

“There was something about being half Fitzroy, half Italian, she thought. She had inherited all the dramatic passion of the Italian side of her, and all the determination of the Fitzroys.”
― Emily E.K. Murdoch, Nine Ladies Dancing

“invitations”
― Emily E.K. Murdoch, Always the Widow

“She must understand, though,” Chester said slowly, “that is not the way of the world. You cannot simply wish the world away, or demand that it changes to suit your desires. Where would we all be if that could be true?”
― Emily E.K. Murdoch, Always the Bluestocking

“I would not have recommended it to you if I did not think you would enjoy it. Why have you not given it another attempt? You may find that if you tried a little more, you would succeed.”
― Emily E.K. Murdoch, Always the Wallflower

“I am worth more than any earldom. And I can see that I am not, not worth the happiness of thousands. I fell in love with Dr. Walsingham, but…but he is gone. I suggest you call upon Miss Blakemoor. I imagine she will wish to marry the Earl of Cheshire.”
― Emily E.K. Murdoch, Ten Lords a Leaping

“Learning does not stop when you receive a degree. It does not stop with the passing of a diploma from one learned hand to another. Learning how to learn,” Mr. Lawrence said, “is what I have always aimed to teach. When you have learned how to learn, you can venture out once more into the world and be challenged to think differently and accept people for who they are.”
― Emily E.K. Murdoch, Always the Bluestocking

“Perhaps it would just be easier if I weren’t here!” “Perhaps it would be easier if we did not get married!”
― Emily E.K. Murdoch, Ten Lords a Leaping

“It is rare, naturally, and if ever found, should be guarded. Such a connection is precious.”
― Emily E.K. Murdoch, Always the Wallflower

“I answer with my silence, understanding the full power of it for the first time. Words are weapons. Weapons are powerful. So are unsaid words. So are unused weapons.”
― Emily Murdoch

“If one’s affection was dependent on a person staying exactly the same, it was not love.”
― Emily E.K. Murdoch, A Governess of Unusual Experience

“Do you not ever wonder if there is more to life than meeting our neighbors, going to church, playing the pianoforte, and embroidery?”
“I like embroidery.”
“I know you do,” said Katarina with a sigh.”
― Emily E.K. Murdoch, Eight Maids a Milking

“Katarina smiled wistfully. “Do not heed me, I speak nonsense, I am sure.”
Maria blinked slowly, then shook her head. “No, I think if it matters to you, then it is probably not nonsense. Youare not one to speak nonsense. Perhaps you have just not found it yet.”
― Emily E.K. Murdoch, Eight Maids a Milking