The Devil's Own Luck Quotes

“Lord St Ervan, why is it that I am never aware of you until you speak to me?"
"I make sure that you are not, for fear you will run away before I can have two words with you," he saidwryly.”
― Petra Nash, The Devil's Own Luck

“He raised one eyebrow. "Now I have made you angry with me. I gave you credit for more sense. It is true that she is prettier than you, and nobody in his right mind would deny it. Mere prettiness, however, is not always sufficient to attract a man of sense and experience. What you have, and what Miss Yarcombe lacks and will probably always lack, is character. A doll may be pretty. A woman should be something more.”
― Petra Nash, The Devil's Own Luck

“Call it perversity, if you like," he replied. "There is a flash in your eyes, like lightning, when you are angry. I have always preferred thunderstorms to calm, still days.”
― Petra Nash, The Devil's Own Luck