The Winter Princess Quotes

“Never trust a man with empty bookshelves.”
― Keira Dominguez, The Winter Princess

“I take a step back, seceding some ground, but planting myself firmly. This isn’t a social call. I’m mad. I must remember I’m mad.”
― Keira Dominguez, The Winter Princess

“I cast about for a brilliant, painless plan to satisfy everyone.

Pool our money and win the lottery? No. Too unlikely. Rob the museum and sell art on the black market? Too risky. Find sunken treasure? Clara’s got that new boyfriend, but the seas are rough in the autumn. So, again, no.”
― Keira Dominguez, The Winter Princess

“I resume my place on the sofa, sitting primly with my hands resting around my knees, deeply annoyed to find the air simmering with energy. My air, anyway. His air looks as placid as a millpond.”
― Keira Dominguez, The Winter Princess

“Ooh,” he drags, shuffling through the sound like he’s scraping gum off his shoe. “Yeah. I mean, I guess. Just a sec.”

I pull the phone from my ear and stare at it in unblinking consternation. My ancestors didn’t have to put up with “Just a sec.” They would have chained Erik to a mooring ring at low tide and waited for the merciless onslaught of nature to finish him off, a cautionary tale, celebrated in epic poetry for generations.”
― Keira Dominguez, The Winter Princess

“There’s nothing to be ashamed of,” Erik reassures me. “Physical attraction is healthy.”
― Keira Dominguez, The Winter Princess

“I head straight to my suite, a set of rooms reminiscent of a British manor house library with tall mahogany bookshelves and a crackling fire. Even though the weather outside is furious and rain lashes the windows, I can take refuge here. More importantly, I can take tea, settle into a deep chair to read a book, and listen to overwrought operatic sopranos going to their graves, singing of doomed love.

This recipe never fails to soothe me.”
― Keira Dominguez, The Winter Princess