A Fashionable Indulgence Quotes

“When my namesake, the great Caesar, rode in triumph,” Julius said, “he was accompanied by a slave whose role was to whisper to him, You are but mortal. To remind him he was merely a man who would one day die like any other. If I could, I should have you at my side to remind me that I am alive, because I have not felt alive in so damned long, and with you, I do. No, I don’t want you to marry, any more than I want you to return to your dirty democrats. I want to show you the world, and see you smile, and keep you with me while my soul grows back.”
― K.J. Charles, A Fashionable Indulgence

“If you can’t be happy, then be something else. Be useful, that would be good. Decorative, if you like. Selfish, if you must. But don’t whine about it.”
― K.J. Charles, A Fashionable Indulgence

“Cyprian didn’t shrug—a servant of his calibre would never do such a thing—but his entire demeanor implied a shrug.”
― K.J. Charles, A Fashionable Indulgence

“I should rather be a loyal liar than an honest traitor.”
― K.J. Charles, A Fashionable Indulgence

“I love you,” Julius observed at last. “To a degree that frankly startles me.”
― K.J. Charles, A Fashionable Indulgence

“I’m well aware of my good fortune. I’m well aware I ought to be happy, we all ought to be happy as the day is long, and dance the night away on the bodies of starving workers. Well, I’m not bloody happy.” He knocked back his gin. It rasped down his throat like a rusty blade. Silas watched him as he tried not to cough it back up. “If you can’t be happy, then be something else. Be useful, that would be good. Decorative, if you like. Selfish, if you must. But don’t whine about it.”
― K.J. Charles, A Fashionable Indulgence

“Harry padded softly in. He was in linen shirt, breeches, and bare feet, the very model of a gentleman bent on criminal conversation, and the sight made Julius’s chest heave.”
― K.J. Charles, A Fashionable Indulgence

“The upper classes feared those they kept below, and fear bred hate and suspicion.”
― K.J. Charles, A Fashionable Indulgence

“The upper classes feared those they kept below, and fear bred hate and suspicion. There could, surely, be no charge laid, no proof.”
― K.J. Charles, A Fashionable Indulgence

“I love you," Julius observed at last. "To a degree that frankly startles me.”
― K.J. Charles, A Fashionable Indulgence

“If you can’t be happy, then be something else. Be useful, that would be good. Decorative, if you like. Selfish, if you must. But don’t whine about it.” He”
― K.J. Charles, A Fashionable Indulgence