Duchess By Night Quotes

“You don't know how easy death is. It's - it's like a door. A person simply walks through it, and she's lost to you forever.”
― Eloisa James, Duchess By Night

“Do you have a pet?'
Eugenia shook her head. 'I don't know very much about animals.'
'There's nothing much to know. You feed them; they love you.”
― Eloisa James, Duchess By Night

“I shouldn't think I'll have the slightest problem playing a man," she said. "I shall merely remember to rearrange my breeches in front at least once an hour, thereby drawing attention to the padding I carefully placed there in the morning, and I'll blend in perfectly.”
― Eloisa James, Duchess By Night

“everyone always says that Lord Findleshanks is really a woman. Did you ever look at him closely? He does look like a woman.'

'He has a beard,' Harriet pointed out.

'So did my grandmother.”
― Eloisa James, Duchess By Night

“Toward evening, Harriet found herself thinking the oddest thoughts: that twilight is not really dark. It's gray. The sun gone, the world turns gray, without emotion, without color. It seemed a fitting time for a little girl to slip free of all this pain, to let go.”
― Eloisa James, Duchess By Night

“There was just a thin fall of powdery snow in the air. It came onto their hats, not seeming to fall as much as to suddenly appear with its chill greeting on lips and noses.”
― Eloisa James, Duchess By Night

“One night she got into an argument with one of the scientists about the recent discovery of a new planet called Uranus [...] 'What did he really do? The man spends his time stargazing, that's all. And now he's elected a fellow of the Royal Society! For nothing. You know, Sir Giles [...] Sir Giles identified the genus of the Purple Swamphen. Now that's a good reason to become a Fellow. This man just looks at the sky and notices a star. Bah!'

'But we need to map the night sky,' Harriet said. 'We have to understand our world. And stars are no different than wings on a butterfly, to me.”
― Eloisa James, Duchess By Night

“I know he looks like a cherub, but don't be fooled, Strange.'
'What do you mean?'
'He's a hardened reprobate. Plays the innocent because it pulls the ladies. Wait till you see him with them. They fall over him screaming. Fall backwards, really. He's a nice lad, though, and doesn't take advantage.”
― Eloisa James, Duchess By Night

“Mr. Cope...' Povy began.
Jem narrowed his eyes.
'The lad has a remarkably innocent face.'
'Innocence is a time of life, not an irrevocable blot.”
― Eloisa James, Duchess By Night

“can’t do it while caught in this half-life!”
― Eloisa James, Duchess By Night