The Mute of Pendywick Place Quotes

“I’ve learned that fear lives best inside inactivity—when all you have to do with yourself is sit and think. It’s always best to do something about whatever frightens you, whether it be to learn more about it, or to prepare yourself against it.”
― Alydia Rackham, The Mute of Pendywick Place: and the Scarlet Gown

“You can’t fit in with society no matter what you do, so you might as well ignore it.”
― Alydia Rackham, The Mute of Pendywick Place: and the Scarlet Gown

“Oh, for heaven’s sake—are you worried about propriety?” he scoffed loudly. “It isn’t proper for a young woman to let her hair down in the presence of anyone who is not her family, is that it?” He leaned toward her. “Let me explain something to you: no one cares.”
― Alydia Rackham, The Mute of Pendywick Place: and the Scarlet Gown

“Oh—and there is another letter from that gentleman on Baker Street.” ​“Put it on my desk with the other three he’s sent me,” Basil ordered, clearly more focused on what he was trying to read. “I’ll answer if I ever find a moment in which I’m doing absolutely nothing.”
― Alydia Rackham, The Mute of Pendywick Place: and the Scarlet Gown