The Marquis Who Mustn't Quotes

“She’d once read a book that talked about disappearing into a man’s eyes. She’d always wondered: why? Why would anyone want that? Did not women disappear enough? By contrast, she could almost see her reflection in miniature in his eyes—not disappearing, but staying there, steady as she herself was.”
― Courtney Milan, The Marquis Who Mustn't

“By law and necessity, the number of non-British sailors coming in was greater than the number going out. The end result is that the British trading machine regularly stranded people of color in England.”
― Courtney Milan, The Marquis Who Mustn't

“This land under colonial rule has never been a bastion of racial uniformity. Uniformity, to the extent it exists now, only exists because it was created.”
― Courtney Milan, The Marquis Who Mustn't

“The town is Boise, Idaho. According to the U.S. Census, in 1870, Boise was 45.6% Chinese.”
― Courtney Milan, The Marquis Who Mustn't

“People saw kindness as weakness. They saw her service as stupidity. And”
― Courtney Milan, The Marquis Who Mustn't

“If you thought ill of yourself, you’d be more grateful that he chose you. He wanted you to feel small.”
― Courtney Milan, The Marquis Who Mustn't

“when had any man seen her as a person with needs of her own instead of someone put on earth to meet his requirements?”
― Courtney Milan, The Marquis Who Mustn't

“Naomi’s path of determination: her decision to not be her mother, to not settle, to not just make do.”
― Courtney Milan, The Marquis Who Mustn't

“the grief of a child on the cusp of adulthood realizing she would never be loved, that no one would ever care for her the way she yearned to be cared for.”
― Courtney Milan, The Marquis Who Mustn't

“If you took from the rich, you took money. When you stole from the poorest, you stole dreams and futures.”
― Courtney Milan, The Marquis Who Mustn't