Laura

“It was going to be difficult for Maud to get out of the house alone. Like all upper-class ladies, she was not supposed to go anywhere unescorted. Men pretended this was because they were so concerned to protect their women, but in truth it was a means of control. No doubt it would remain until women won the vote.”
― Ken Follett, Fall of Giants

“She loved his seriousness. Most men, even quite clever ones, became silly when they talked to women. Walter spoke to her just as intelligently as he spoke to Robert or Fitz, and—even more unusually—he listened to her answers.”
― Ken Follett, Fall of Giants

“Según ella el error en el tratamiento de su inteligente amiga estaba en los consejos de que olvidara. Olvidar era un asunto imposible. Lo que había que hacer era encauzarle los recuerdos, para que no la mataran, para que la obligaran a seguir viva.”
― Anonymous

“Fitz must not know in advance, for he would try to stop her. He might simply lock her in her room. He could even get her committed to a lunatic asylum. A wealthy upper-class man could have a female relative put away without much difficulty. All Fitz would have to do was to find two doctors willing to agree with him that she must be mad to want to marry a German.”
― Ken Follett, Fall of Giants