The Spinster Quotes

“You will recall that young curate we spoke of? Mr Peter Nobbledick?”
― Amy D'Orazio, The Spinster

“Who knows, perhaps I shall like a cigar-flavoured kiss, she thought, suppressing a wicked grin that threatened. I have never had one; perhaps they are nice.”
― Amy D'Orazio, The Spinster

“So here, with so many choices before me⁠—” “You began with the excessively naughty Fanny Hill,” Adelaide said with a grin. “Pray do not blush about it!”
― Amy D'Orazio, The Spinster

“Why should you?” she asked him. “You owe me nothing.” “Because I want to take care of you.” The way he said it, his voice low and intimate, sent a shiver up Scarlett’s back.”
― Amy D'Orazio, The Spinster

“her friend had assured her that showing one’s ankles was not at all scandalous and, in fact, quite the mode.”
― Amy D'Orazio, The Spinster