The Strange Case of the Alchemist's Daughter Quotes

“No wonder men did not want women to wear bloomers. What could women accomplish if they did not have to continually mind their skirts, keep them from dragging in the mud or getting trampled on the steps of an omnibus? If they had pockets! With pockets, women could conquer the world!”
― Theodora Goss, The Strange Case of the Alchemist's Daughter

“She had longed for adventure, and now that it was happening to her, she was not sure how she felt about it.”
― Theodora Goss, The Strange Case of the Alchemist's Daughter

“If they had pockets! With pockets, women could conquer the world! And”
― Theodora Goss, The Strange Case of the Alchemist's Daughter

“Beatrice closed her eyes and dreamed whatever flowers dream.

Beatrice: That's very poetic, but they don't dream anything. Flowers have no cerebral cortex.”
― Theodora Goss, The Strange Case of the Alchemist's Daughter

“With pockets, women could conquer the world!”
― Theodora Goss, The Strange Case of the Alchemist's Daughter

“CATHERINE: I can’t write from Diana’s point of view.

MARY: Of course you can. You’re a writer; you can write anything. Just find your inner Diana.

CATHERINE: I don’t have an inner Diana.

DIANA: Ha! You wish. Everyone has an inner Diana.”
― Theodora Goss, The Strange Case of the Alchemist's Daughter

“What was the use of propriety when it kept one from getting things done?”
― Theodora Goss, The Strange Case of the Alchemist's Daughter

“Always ask at the pub, Miss Jekyll. Elementary investigation - the pub always knows.”
― Theodora Goss, The Strange Case of the Alchemist's Daughter

“You can't feel yourself blushing. That's lady novelist talk.”
― Theodora Goss, The Strange Case of the Alchemist's Daughter

“Only an idiot would bring an important letter out in the rain.”
― Theodora Goss, The Strange Case of the Alchemist's Daughter

“Spectacular cases are usually simpler, and less interesting, than they initially appear.”
― Theodora Goss, The Strange Case of the Alchemist's Daughter

“A lady might feel fear, but she must not give in to it, or so her governess had taught her.”
― Theodora Goss, The Strange Case of the Alchemist's Daughter

“Ah, well, when you explain it like that, it seems obvious," said Mudge. "Of course, it always seems obvious once it's been explained.”
― Theodora Goss, The Strange Case of the Alchemist's Daughter

“The two girls hurried down the street into the labyrinth of the London night.”
― Theodora Goss, The Strange Case of the Alchemist's Daughter

“Write it however you want to, but start writing!”
― Theodora Goss, The Strange Case of the Alchemist's Daughter

“She had learned long ago that life was difficult. One had to live it with courage”
― Theodora Goss, The Strange Case of the Alchemist's Daughter

“JUSTINE: Is the story supposed to be jumping around like that, from Mary’s head, to Diana’s, to Beatrice’s?”
― Theodora Goss, The Strange Case of the Alchemist's Daughter

“Cum mulieribus non est disputandum, as Cicero says.”
― Theodora Goss, The Strange Case of the Alchemist's Daughter

“as though someone had decided on large and ominous as a decorating style.”
― Theodora Goss, The Strange Case of the Alchemist's Daughter

“I would not trust too much to Watson's accounts of me,' said Holmes, 'he's liable to exaggerate.'

He fired one shot.”
― Theodora Goss, The Strange Case of the Alchemist's Daughter

“And pockets! With pockets women could conquer the world!”
― Theodora Goss, The Strange Case of the Alchemist's Daughter

“She knew the truth: that Frankenstein had created a female monster, and that the female monster had escaped. And she hid that truth. Knowing of Justine, she did the best she could, for another woman. She erased her from the story.”
― Theodora Goss, The Strange Case of the Alchemist's Daughter

“Clothing is one means of enforcing women’s social and political subordination.”
― Theodora Goss, The Strange Case of the Alchemist's Daughter

“Mr. Prendick, do as I instructed, or I will have the significant pleasure of shooting you.”
― Theodora Goss, The Strange Case of the Alchemist's Daughter

“What good would it do for the Kates of the world to cry? They have learned that tears do not bring relief or change of circumstance. There is no one to wipe their tears, no one to assuage their grief.”
― Theodora Goss, The Strange Case of the Alchemist's Daughter

“he had created a monster.”
― Theodora Goss, The Strange Case of the Alchemist's Daughter

“nefarious”
― Theodora Goss, The Strange Case of the Alchemist's Daughter

“As though God has decided to drown the world again, she thought, almost wishing He would. Sometimes she thought the world needed drowning.”
― Theodora Goss, The Strange Case of the Alchemist's Daughter

“Should she stay? This was her house, after all. No, it was their house too. Let Beatrice stay—she did not have to be responsible for everything. Mary felt a sense of relief. There were others to share the responsibility now.”
― Theodora Goss, The Strange Case of the Alchemist's Daughter

“Was the house being watched? They could not see the Wolf Men, and more importantly, Catherine could not smell them. So taking a chance, they ran up the steps to the front door and rang the bell. It was opened almost at once. “Come in, come in quickly,” said Mrs. Poole. “Poor Miss Frankenstein has killed a man!”
― Theodora Goss, The Strange Case of the Alchemist's Daughter