The Marriage Method Quotes

“A surge of emotion constricted Nell's throat. Perhaps she'd been wrong to kiss him. Perhaps she was using him shamelessly.
But no.
That would imply that anyone would have done. Any man. Any friend. Anyone who might help to keep the storm of emotion at bay. But it hadn't been just anyone she'd wanted as she'd departed Lady Belwood's house this afternoon. It had been Miles.”
― Mimi Matthews, The Marriage Method

“Women weren’t property. They were free and independent beings, whatever the law might say. And Nell valued her freedom. Even so . . . There was something powerful in belonging to a person, and in knowing that they belonged to you in turn.”
― Mimi Matthews, The Marriage Method

“My love, she’d called him. He had immediately recognized the endearment for the wifely pantomime that it was. It hadn’t stopped his heart from pounding on a throb of longing so intense it had nearly stolen his breath.”
― Mimi Matthews, The Marriage Method

“We. The single word didn’t appear lost on her. She wasn’t alone in this. For better or worse, they were in it together.”
― Mimi Matthews, The Marriage Method

“There was something powerful in belonging to a person, and in knowing that they belonged to you in turn.”
― Mimi Matthews, The Marriage Method

“Given our current predicament, ... I believe you had better accustom yourself to calling me Miles.”
― Mimi Matthews, The Marriage Method

“You needn't be," she told him.
"Hazard of the job," he said.
She gave him a dubious look. "Newspaper editor?"
"Husband," he replied.”
― Mimi Matthews, The Marriage Method

“Since it couldn't be helped..."
"Since I ruined you, you mean."
His eyes met hers. The expression in them was solemn. "Perchance we ruined each other.”
― Mimi Matthews, The Marriage Method