The Governess Quotes

“There is no creature more singular or dangerous than the educated woman.”
― Rachael Eyre, The Governess

“More common were "pashes" between the girls. Friends held hands and kissed in the corridors, wrote fervid letters. "My darling ..." "I kiss your marvellous eyes," etc. Girls visited one another at night. These infatuations sprang up in the hothouse of Whitlow, blasted by the winds of the outside world.”
― Rachael Eyre, The Governess

“Like most men he believed there should be awed silence when he was speaking.”
― Rachael Eyre, The Governess

“My greatest sin was also my greatest joy.”
― Rachael Eyre, The Governess

“My early history is of no interest to anyone, save historians and the perverse.”
― Rachael Eyre, The Governess

“To love above your station is a tragedy.”
― Rachael Eyre, The Governess

“Once I had liked her mayfly philosophy, even envied it. Now I saw its shortcomings. We would never have a meaningful conversation. She would never entertain an original thought. I had done all I could to broaden her horizons, but they remained closed. When you love, you accept such limits.”
― Rachael Eyre, The Governess

“I was warmed by her distress - that, plus I have always found carriages curiously arousing, and I soon had my hand inside her drawers while she straddled me.”
― Rachael Eyre, The Governess

“Nothing is as dampening to ardour as mathematics.”
― Rachael Eyre, The Governess

“Above all, I feared men. Not the men you saw at gatherings or on the streets, but monstrous men with horns and cloven feet. I feared that shadowy husband who one day would carry her away from me.”
― Rachael Eyre, The Governess

“Dancing is a peculiar business. It allows men and women to fondle each other while their chaperones look on. I can think of few things that make the divide between handsome and plain more evident.”
― Rachael Eyre, The Governess