Daisy Goodwin > Daisy's Quotes

“I was waiting at table tonight, on account of it being such a big party, and just as I was coming round with the savoury, one of the ladies went and broke her necklace by fidgeting with it at the ta ble. She thought she picked 'em all up but this one rolled under my foot and I stood on it tight until all the ladies went upstairs. I wanted to give it to you. You're a black pearl, Bertha, that's what you are and it's only right that you should have it.”
― Daisy Goodwin, The American Heiress

“How glorious it is – and also how painful – to be an exception. ”
― Alfred de Musset

“Another belief of mine: that everyone else my age is an adult, whereas I am merely in disguise.”
― Margaret Atwood, Cat’s Eye

“Sin ought to be something exquisite, my dear boy.”
― Emile Zola