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“A Wynchester never let a thing like ‘impossibility’ get in the way of a good dream.”

"Elizabeth's hair was naturally curly, so she did not have much experience with curling tongs. On the other hand, she was more patient than almost any other sibling and had assured Tommy she wasn't too busy slashing villains with her rapier to learn a new skill."

"'Sometimes I'm more like a man, and sometimes I'm more like a woman, but mostly I feel like...both. And neither.'"

"Why was it so simple to be someone else, and so difficult to be herself?"

"The baron's deep brown eyes were strangely intense. He blinked and smiled, and his expression became sunny and teasing again."

"The baron also seemed to like Philippa's oddness, which made him a little odd as well."

"It was comments such as these that made it very difficult to to stay vexed with her parents. They wanted the best for Philippa, if limited to their narrow definition of 'best.' They believed proximity to a sufficiently grand library would make up for misery in every other aspect of life."

"She might not feel like a woman but she was one, physically. Tommy didn't want to be Horace Wynchester permanently any more than she wished to live life as a lady, but indulging her masculine side afforded her the freedom to court Philippa openly."

"Elizabeth shook her sword stick. 'Didn't you just prove that the world wouldn't end if you tried for what you want?'"

"The canvas had been their first purchase as a family. For many of the siblings, their first purchase at all. It was more than art. It symbolized their the team they had become, and the long future of togetherness that awaited them."