A Breach Of Promise Quotes

“What a woman wants above all things, Nick, is to believe herself the most important consideration in the world, the center of a man's universe.”
― Victoria Vane, A Breach of Promise

“A magnificent cad, you mean. He's positively gaping at your bosom, Lyddie!" Mariah said in a scandalized whisper. "I swear he's undressing you with his eyes!"
Lydia's lip twitched. "How lurid you sound. I really must censure your reading material."
"There can be no doubt you have his attention now," Mariah giggled.”
― Victoria Vane, A Breach of Promise

“Until this moment, the wooing of Lydia Trent had been little more than a game to him, but God help him he wanted her now. He was thunderstruck to realize he yearned for her good opinion and craved her respect as much as he desired her body.”
― Victoria Vane, A Breach of Promise

“Dreams, aspirations and adventure are not exclusively male prerogatives, Marcus. I had them too.”
― Victoria Vane, A Breach of Promise

“Ha! I wouldn’t have him now, were he gilded!” Mariah looked shocked. “Isn’t emasculation a bit harsh?” “Not gelded, dearest. Gilded, as in covered in gold, although gelding might well be what he really deserves!”
― Victoria Vane, A Breach of Promise