The Heirs Quotes

“It’s the angle. You can’t see me from where you’re standing.”
― Susan Rieger, The Heirs

“There can be no defense like elaborate courtesy.' Edward Verrall Lucas.”
― Susan Rieger, The Heirs

“Mothers are often a mystery to their children,” Eleanor said.”
― Susan Rieger, The Heirs

“Finding no quotation on point, she improvised: "I've always found that elaborate courtesy makes most people behave.”
― Susan Rieger, The Heirs

“You don't think well of any of us, do you?" Harry said.
"I'd die for you, for any one of you. Isn't that enough?”
― Susan Rieger, The Heirs

“The next day, Mrs. Lehman left a message with Jim’s answering service: “ ‘There can be no defense like elaborate courtesy.’ Edward Verrall Lucas.”
― Susan Rieger, The Heirs

“It’s really hard to be roommates with people if your suitcases are much better than theirs.’ ” He gave a small smile. “Holden Caulfield.”
― Susan Rieger, The Heirs

“Love at first sight is chump’s love, not worthy of the name. So many things can make your heart beat faster. Almost anything at fourteen.” When Anne insisted it was love, her mother said, “Oh, my dear, I must feel sorry for you, then. ‘When the gods wish to punish us, they answer our prayers.’ Oscar Wilde.” Anne didn’t think her mother was wrong. She had no sense of triumph, only one of ill-fated inevitability. Jewish tribalism and Christian anti-Semitism had made the match.”
― Susan Rieger, The Heirs

“An early and avid subscriber to Parenting magazine, she was a votary of the psychologist J. B. Watson and kept his book Psychological Care of Infant and Child by her bedside.”
― Susan Rieger, The Heirs

“Being poor in my day was still thought to be a personal failing, as being rich was regarded as a personal virtue,” Rupert said. “Americans still feel that way. The English seem to have moderated their views. The landed rich are deserving; the rest just got in at the right time.”
― Susan Rieger, The Heirs

“He says the sun came out last night. He says it sang to him,’ ” Sam said.”
― Susan Rieger, The Heirs

“I don’t have a sense of justice, only injustice.”
― Susan Rieger, The Heirs

“Rupert walked toward the chapel, Lear’s curse ringing in his ears: “How sharper than a serpent’s tooth it is / To have a thankless child.”
― Susan Rieger, The Heirs