The Day of the Duchess Quotes

“Here lies the heart and the smile and the love; here lies the wolf, the angel, the dove. She put aside dreaming and she put aside toys; and she was born that day, in the heart of a boy.”
― Sarah MacLean, The Day of the Duchess

“So we lie down and pillow our heads; so we lie down in the cool of our beds. We put aside dreaming, and we put aside toys; and remember our days in the heart of a boy.”
― Sarah MacLean, The Day of the Duchess

“Gone is the flower and gone is the crow; gone is the future that promised to grow. Farewell the past, the present, the now; farewell the ship, the anchor, the bow.”
― Sarah MacLean, The Day of the Duchess

“Would you sing for me ?"
"I don't think that's a good idea."
"Likely not. But it does not change the desire.”
― Sarah MacLean, The Day of the Duchess

“I do so like it when a man tells me about myself. It’s positively aphrodisiacal.”
― Sarah MacLean, The Day of the Duchess

“That was the secret, of course. If one did not fear ruin, one could not be threatened with it. As Sera had seen ruin in all its forms, had faced it and survived it, she did not fear it, and so he could not harm her. She’d been gone from London for nearly three years, her reputation in tatters long before she’d set foot in the carriage that had carried her away from the Haven estate on that long ago winter’s day. It was remarkable, the power one held when one had nothing to lose.”
― Sarah MacLean, The Day of the Duchess

“One for sorrow. Two for mirth.”
― Sarah MacLean, The Day of the Duchess

“She came up on her toes, closing the distance between them as he whispered—more breath than sound—a single devastating word, a word echoed in her heart. “Please.”
― Sarah MacLean, The Day of the Duchess

“but she did not need saving”
― Sarah MacLean, The Day of the Duchess

“I assure you, sir, I am witness to enough maligning of the female half of the population by virtue of being a living human. I did not need to eavesdrop for it.”
― Sarah MacLean, The Day of the Duchess

“Seven for a secret never to be told.”
― Sarah MacLean, The Day of the Duchess

“Five for silver. Six for gold.”
― Sarah MacLean, The Day of the Duchess

“Three for a wedding. Four for a birth.”
― Sarah MacLean, The Day of the Duchess

“Ese es el problema de la verdad; a menudo debes tener mucha fe para creértela.”
― Sarah MacLean, The Day of the Duchess

“Vine por ti. Y también me marché por ti.”
― Sarah MacLean, The Day of the Duchess

“El pasado solo es un prólogo.”
― Sarah MacLean, The Day of the Duchess

“No se puede castigar a alguien que no tiene nada que perder.”
― Sarah MacLean, The Day of the Duchess

“Si no nos hubiéramos gustado tanto, quizá no nos hubiera ido tan mal.”
― Sarah MacLean, The Day of the Duchess