Elis Madison

“Oh, but this gift isn’t the same as an ermine. This is property. Don’t you understand how rare that is for a woman? Property always belongs to our fathers, brothers, husbands, sons. We never get to own anything.”

“Don’t tell me you’re one of those women with radical ideas.”

“No,” she returned. “I’m one of those women with nothing. There are a great many of us.”
― Tessa Dare , Romancing the Duke

“A rainy day is like a lovely gift -- you can sleep late and not feel guilty.”
― Elizabeth Jane Howard, Mr. Wrong

“She felt as if she'd been hugging puppies all day.”
― Sherry Thomas, Beguiling the Beauty

“The real point of watching television is to forget that you have a brain.”
― Elizabeth Jane Howard, Mr. Wrong