Cobalt

“Though a spinster gathering dust, Sarah was well aware that most men responded well to praise. So well, in fact, that she often wondered if most wars might have been averted if only a woman had been close by to inform the warring factions that yes, they were very important and had indeed made their point.”
― Claudia Stone, An Execution, an Earl, and Miss Hughes

“because you are vibrant and capable and I keep an ongoing list of all the vibrant and capable women in society. That can mean only one thing: You hid your vibrancy under a bushel. I do now know why you hid it, but I do know it was there, your grace, the whole time. And I think you are used to either hiding it or hiding from it, and I hope you realize you do not have to do that anymore. You can be just as vibrant and capable in Cambridgeshire as you are in London. It is not nearly as hard as you suppose.”
― Lynn Messina, A Pernicious Fabrication

“For Aquinas, the universe is our house, our home. Who would despoil or destroy one’s own home?”
― Matthew Fox, The Tao of Thomas Aquinas: Fierce Wisdom for Hard Times

“Masculine pride was such a fragile thing that Jane sometimes wondered how men had managed to dominate the world for centuries, when they were oftentimes as sensitive as flowers.”
― Claudia Stone, A Victim, A Viscount, And Miss Mifford