The Rushworth Family Plot Quotes

“even when it is impossible to do enough, it is always possible to do right.”
― Claudia Gray, The Rushworth Family Plot: A Novel

“Jonathan’s interests tended to be few in number, but far more passionate in their temper than most persons felt for their pastimes.”
― Claudia Gray, The Rushworth Family Plot: A Novel

“humanity is forever inventing new ways of being disagreeable.”
― Claudia Gray, The Rushworth Family Plot: A Novel

“Many young women in a shop, holding up silken cord, might ask whether it would look well on the edge of her cape or if it could be put to better use trimming a bonnet. Very few would be wondering how thick such a cord would need to be for it to prove efficacious in a strangling.”
― Claudia Gray, The Rushworth Family Plot

“With every other person in our lives, we are able to mature and to change, to relate to people as the adult we have become. With our siblings, however, we often regress. All our childish peevishness, sulks, and teasing come to the fore anew. Against any other onslaught, we may find the strength to preserve our spirit, but against the needling of a sister or brother, there is little defense.”
― Claudia Gray, The Rushworth Family Plot