The Trouble with Being Wicked Quotes

“lengthy bout of silence was all that was needed to inform a mistress her services were no longer required. A wife, on the other hand, couldn’t be disposed of as easily. Wives required confrontation, conciliation, and that dreaded word, communication.”
― Emma Locke, The Trouble with Being Wicked

“I thought you’d have realized it by now. None of us are good enough. That’s what makes us human.”
― Emma Locke, The Trouble with Being Wicked

“Relief that they had more time, and regret they did not have forever.”
― Emma Locke, The Trouble with Being Wicked

“It wasn’t really her age that made her feel older, though, was it? For eighteen years, she’d cared for herself. That was practically a lifetime.”
― Emma Locke, The Trouble with Being Wicked