Death of a Liar Quotes

“Woman, a pleasing but a short-lived flower, Too soft for business and too weak for power: A wife in bondage, or neglected maid; Despised, if ugly; if she’s fair, betrayed. —Mary Leapor”
― M.C. Beaton, Death of a Liar

“For what nasty thing could happen on such a lovely day?”
― M.C. Beaton, Death of a Liar