Mistress Firebrand Quotes

“Long experience had taught Severin that the truth was irrelevant to most people. They believed the version of events that most closely matched their prejudices and preferences, and blithely ignored any inconvenient evidence to the contrary.”
― Donna Thorland, Mistress Firebrand

“She had desired the opportunities and freedoms so often denied her sex. If she was to seize them, she must also accept the risks.”
― Donna Thorland, Mistress Firebrand

“Yes,” he said. “It is one of the consolations of urban life. A beguiling contradiction: that a narrow wooden box can open on a myriad of wide vistas, tonight Arcadia, tomorrow Rome.”

Thorland, Donna (2015-03-03). Mistress Firebrand: Renegades of the American Revolution (p. 34). Penguin Publishing Group. Kindle Edition.”
― Donna Thorland, Mistress Firebrand

“secrets of powerful men”
― Donna Thorland, Mistress Firebrand