Amenable Women Quotes

“Christina of Denmark who refused Henry (VIII) because she only had one neck. Had she had two, it seemed she might have excepted.”
― Mavis Cheek, Amenable Women

“And – yes – it is a truth universally acknowledged that if an unexceptional man declares himself to a woman of his fancy, she will immediately start to look on him in a more favourable light and find his unexceptional qualities less of a handicap.”
― Mavis Cheek, Amenable Women

“Men were like cars – they were absolutely lovely until they went wrong.”
― Mavis Cheek, Amenable Women

“It was one thing to invite a married man into your bed – and quite another to invite him to help you with the gardening.”
― Mavis Cheek, Amenable Women