The Secret Book Society Quotes

“There was nothing more glorious in all the world than a moment of silence in which to read those final satisfying pages of a good book.”
― Madeline Martin, The Secret Book Society

“What started with books and freedom became a sisterhood. Women ought not tear one another down, but encourage and support one another. For together, truly great things may be achieved. And together, we are now stronger—our happiness realized, our voices heard.”
― Madeline Martin, The Secret Book Society

“Books”
― Madeline Martin, The Secret Book Society

“Women ought not tear one another down, but encourage and support one another. For together, truly great things may be achieved.”
― Madeline Martin, The Secret Book Society

“The power of women coming together could truly do marvelous things.”
― Madeline Martin, The Secret Book Society

“For how long would women be held under the thumb of men? How long until they broke free?”
― Madeline Martin, The Secret Book Society

“Books, after all, distract a mother and wife from her duties to her family. An informed wife might be disagreeable when she dares have opinions that differ from her husband.”
― Madeline Martin, The Secret Book Society

“A woman was a man’s property when she was wed”
― Madeline Martin, The Secret Book Society

“The kindred joy of having discovered someone who read the same book was immediate, a friend whose mind had once resided in the same fictional world.”
― Madeline Martin, The Secret Book Society

“Women are denigrated for reading”
― Madeline Martin, The Secret Book Society