A Death by Any Other Name Quotes

“In polite society emotion of any kind must be kept firmly under wraps. And there was certainly no public display of self-indulgence tolerated among the Talbots' servants. It simply was no done. The British middle classes, she decided, were as a foreign people who inhabited a distant land and spoke an entirely language. But one thing she understood quite unequivocally was that all the quirks and foibles found in human nature were universal. No matter if one was king, commoner, or tinned-beef-stew manufacturer: hopes, fears, and jealousies were felt deeply no matter what background one came from.”
― Tessa Arlen, A Death by Any Other Name