A Lady of Conscience Quotes

“But a man doesn’t change his character, dearest.” “I don’t expect him to change his character,” Hannah said. “My hope is that, given time, he’ll reveal it.”
― Mimi Matthews, A Lady of Conscience

“One could easily mistake that softness for weakness, particularly when coupled with her shyness and blushes. He had done so. He’d thought she required guidance, polishing, perfecting.
But she hadn’t.
She didn’t.
James could see that now. Just as he’d seen evidence of her strength, her confidence, her conscience. Qualities that were as striking as her beauty.”
― Mimi Matthews, A Lady of Conscience

“James had been invited to the Carletons' ball along with the rest of his family. He hadn't planned on attending. He'd already indulged his unwilling attraction to Hannah Heywood far more than was good for him.”
― Mimi Matthews, A Lady of Conscience

“Any gentleman interested in dancing with you will apply to our hosts for an introduction. That's why I suggested we take a turn. You want to be seen. A lady is always at her best when she's in motion.”
― Mimi Matthews, A Lady of Conscience

“She hesitated for a long moment. "Will you be staying long in Bath?"
He looked at her, frowning. "That depends."
"On what, sir?" she asked.
James didn't answer.”
― Mimi Matthews, A Lady of Conscience

“Have you always been so adept at keeping your countenance?" she asked. "Were you never..."
"What?"
"Less strategic?"
His eyes found hers as he drove. "It's difficult to dispense with strategy when I want something as much as I want you."
She returned his gaze steadily. "You don't need to be strategic with me," she said. "I only ask that you be yourself.”
― Mimi Matthews, A Lady of Conscience

“Marriage isn't a waltz," she'd said. "I don't desire to be led. When I marry, it will be go a gentleman who values me as I am.”
― Mimi Matthews, A Lady of Conscience

“If you were mine, you would be my first and best concern. I would in all things endeavor to make you happy.”
― Mimi Matthews, A Lady of Conscience

“It’s difficult to dispense with strategy when I want something as much as I want you.”
― Mimi Matthews, A Lady of Conscience

“I must caution you,” James said. “A compliment is forthcoming.” She was surprised into a laugh. He stared down at her steadily. His gray eyes were warm. “Last time, you requested adequate warning.” Her cheeks heated under the weight of his gaze. “Very well. If you insist.” “You look beautiful this evening,” he said. Her smile of amusement faded. For all his absurdity, he was heart-meltingly serious.”
― Mimi Matthews, A Lady of Conscience

“In other words," James said, "let her bring home as many donkeys, dogs, and kittens as she pleases.”
― Mimi Matthews, A Lady of Conscience

“One will go to extraordinary lengths to defend someone they love.”
― Mimi Matthews, A Lady of Conscience

“A person must use their powers of reason, naturally, but the right thing isn’t always the most reasonable, I find.”
― Mimi Matthews, A Lady of Conscience

“Marriage isn’t a waltz,” she said. “It’s a partnership. I don’t desire to be led. And I don’t desire to change into something I’m not. When I marry, it will be to a gentleman who values me as I am.”
― Mimi Matthews, A Lady of Conscience

“He didn’t think. He didn’t strategize. For once, he acted purely with his heart, doing what he most wanted to do. What he’d dreamed of doing from almost the first moment of their acquaintance.
He bent his head and he kissed her...”
― Mimi Matthews, A Lady of Conscience

“She was lovely, of course. But it wasn’t that which had beguiled him so thoroughly against his will -- against his self-interest and his reason. It was the softness of her. The tender gravity in her gaze, and the reticence in her manner.”
― Mimi Matthews, A Lady of Conscience

“Naturally he underestimated her. He knew nothing about the strength of her convictions or about the lengths she was willing to go for a noble cause.”
― Mimi Matthews, A Lady of Conscience