The Popish Midwife Quotes

“I have found that a woman who wishes a man to hear what she says can best do so by first telling him his feathers are as fine as a peacock’s, his craftiness could outwit a fox, and his wisdom surpasses that of an owl.”
― Annelisa Christensen, The Popish Midwife: A novel based on the incredible true story of Elizabeth Cellier

“One day, people might think for themselves, not think what they are told to think! Not do as they are told to do. That day was not this day.”
― Annelisa Christensen, The Popish Midwife: A novel based on the incredible true story of Elizabeth Cellier

“As well you know, the laws of the land do not permit torture,”
― Annelisa Christensen, The Popish Midwife: A novel based on the incredible true story of Elizabeth Cellier

“without truth, every lie would become real and would then become the new truth we must live by, and that would not be a world we would wish to live in.”
― Annelisa Christensen, The Popish Midwife: A novel based on the incredible true story of Elizabeth Cellier

“The poor are simply punished for having no means to line the pocket of the gaoler.”
― Annelisa Christensen, The Popish Midwife: A novel based on the incredible true story of Elizabeth Cellier

“My knowledge of this atrocity made it my duty to make something of it.”
― Annelisa Christensen, The Popish Midwife: A novel based on the incredible true story of Elizabeth Cellier