Eva Leigh > Quotes

“The best way to know someone was to look at their library.”
― Eva Leigh, Scandal Takes the Stage

“The Bible is a remarkable document,” he mused. “It can be interpreted many ways, and reveals as much about whoever reads it as it does about the Book itself.”
― Eva Leigh, Temptations of a Wallflower

“There’s no should when it comes to what we feel. There aren’t scientific laws when it comes to the human heart.”
― Eva Leigh, My Fake Rake

“Do you enjoy reading, Lady Sarah?” he asked.
“Very much,” she answered. “Sentimental novels are my favorite, though I’m not supposed to say so.”
“Why not?” he wondered with genuine surprise.
“Because they aren’t edifying or educational. Because they teach me to expect things out of life that aren’t really possible.”
He made a scoffing sound. “Rubbish. Not the books, but those opinions. There’s nothing wrong with a little escape. And there’s certainly nothing at fault with teaching someone how to hope for a better life.”
― Eva Leigh, Temptations of a Wallflower

“Sebastian gazed at her cautiously. “Should I tell him?” “Do you trust him?” she asked. “Is he standing right here so there’s no need to speak of him in the third person?” the duke added.”
― Eva Leigh, My Fake Rake

“Jane looped her arm through Grace's. "Come. Let us seek out two things that never fall short of our expectations."
"Books and cakes?"
"Precisely.”
― Eva Leigh, My Fake Rake

“A journalist and a woman were the two most inquisitive creatures on earth. Combine them, and only a cat can rival her for curiosity.”
― Eva Leigh, Forever Your Earl

“Free of the burden of womanhood, where every shadow contained a threat and numerous doors were closed to her.”
― Eva Leigh, Forever Your Earl

“Only one truth matters - how we feel about each other. Everything else is inconsequential.”
― Eva Leigh, From Duke Till Dawn

“Filthy, cramped, hot, with smoke-stained timbered beams crossing the low ceiling. The structure hadn’t been built so much as grown, like a fungus.”
― Eva Leigh, Forever Your Earl

“Notoriety is far better than holy obscurity.”
― Eva Leigh, Scandal Takes the Stage

“I’m . . . a little afraid.” She pressed her forehead to his chest as she shivered. “Not of the pain, but what it might mean if I truly did set myself free.” “I swear to you that if you fall, I’ll catch you. But I know that you aren’t going to fall. You’ll soar.”
― Eva Leigh, The Good Girl's Guide to Rakes

“We’re slow-moving targets, us writers of entertainment. They call us hacks, panderers, scribblers. You name an insult, I’ve heard it: our readers are fools; the writers themselves are imbeciles; we have no talent. And God forbid a woman should attempt to write something that isn’t moralistic tripe. Then the insults are tripled.” She”
― Eva Leigh, Forever Your Earl

“That apple,” Ashford said, “didn’t fall close to the tree. In fact, it threw itself off the tree’s branches, rolled down a hill, and straight into the nearest theater box, where it surrounded itself with a variety of strawberries of dubious repute.” Eleanor”
― Eva Leigh, Forever Your Earl

“Why must men kill a thing in order to study it?” she said wearily. Standing beside her, Jane made a soft noise of disgust. “Because that’s what men do. Capture a creature and either bend it to their will or end its life. Nothing can exist independent of them, or else they fear their cocks will fall off.”
― Eva Leigh, My Fake Rake

“Love's a complicated thing," she said. "It seldom exists in its purest form.”
― Eva Leigh, The Good Girl's Guide to Rakes

“There’s always a reason to celebrate.” He turned and held up the glasses. “It’s raining. It’s not raining. I fell asleep. I woke up. All perfectly acceptable rationales for celebration.”
― Eva Leigh, Scandal Takes the Stage

“That was my first time as someone’s first time, and I thank you for the wondrous experience.”
― Eva Leigh, How the Wallflower was Won

“Courtesy often disarmed disrespect.”
― Eva Leigh, Forever Your Earl

“That’s faith for you. It exists in the face of total absence of evidence.”
― Eva Leigh, Forever Your Earl

“Privilege had a way of holding the world at bay.”
― Eva Leigh, Forever Your Earl

“He’d also seen the way she’d ogled his hands. Or the sound she’d made when he’d put on his spectacles. He used to resent that he sometimes needed them, but if he could have Willa look at him like a savory pie, fresh from the oven, well, he’d wear them as often as she wanted.”
― Eva Leigh, A Rogue's Rules for Seduction

“That was a mother's obligation: to always accept her children as they were, rather than who she wanted them to be. That was the province of fathers.”
― Eva Leigh, Scandal Takes the Stage

“He paced over to his bedside table and pulled a book from a drawer. The Duchess’s Secret, by “A Lady of Dubious Quality.” The latest sensational erotic novel by the anonymous female author. The books had been making the covert rounds, traded in clubs and card rooms, thin volumes slipped easily from pocket to pocket. But Daniel had the sneaking suspicion that more than a few women were also reading the salacious books.”
― Eva Leigh, Forever Your Earl

“We’re not going anywhere,” Finn said firmly. Kieran placed his hand on Dom’s shoulder. “You miserable son of a bitch, we love you.”
― Eva Leigh, A Rogue's Rules for Seduction

“You are"he said in a gratifyingly spent voice,"the most magnificent being I've ever known.”
― Eva Leigh, How the Wallflower was Won

“Underestimating women sends you straight to hell.”
― Eva Leigh, The Sea Witch

“The journey between tears and laughter is a short one, and we hardly know we’re making it until we’ve arrived at our destination.” She tucked the handkerchief into her reticule.”
― Eva Leigh, How the Wallflower was Won

“There was stubborn, and then there was stupid, and Dom liked to believe he was the former but not the latter. “Fine.” He added through his teeth, “Thank you.”
― Eva Leigh, A Rogue's Rules for Seduction

“The colors and cut of the gown flattered her. In the most excruciating manner.”
― Eva Leigh, Forever Your Earl