Blossom’s Reviews > The Gentleman's Gambit > Status Update

“The world is changing, amoura. It’s moving faster and it’s expanding, whether you like it or not. You must weave your own way of being in such a place, with all the different strands you have.”

“I’m wondering how misshapen I am. I wonder how bent out of shape I am from these attempts to exist around some fear, instead of just growing, straight and up, as I should have.”

“He could see her do it, classing people as pawns, knights, kings; intuiting their moves and switching her responses on and off accordingly.”

Catriona is very observant and stoic. Her closed off emotions is what generally makes her strategic.

“Perhaps I would consider marriage then. I could close the door to my study whenever I needed and trust he would love my for being good at what I do, not for what I can do for him…”

This is pretty much what the girls want in a marriage: the freedom to be themselves and do what they love, not worry about what their husbands want.

“As a woman, she was deficient in his eyes, missing some vital component to be considered for the wife role.”

“His mother’s people had become inward focused and embodied the fierce stubbornness required to turn rocks into fertile gardens, while his father’s side had kept their eyes on the horizon, curious, mobile, counting strangers as opportunities rather than as threats.”

- Elias’ parents