The Notorious Virtues Quotes

“When Nora had stood again she extended a hand to help Lotte up. And in her grip Lotte had read everything. That she intended to get Alaric. That she would not betray Lotte.
That she could trust her.”
― Alwyn Hamilton, The Notorious Virtues

“Lotte could still feel the echoes of Nora's desperate gratitude rattling around in her chest.
She wanted to tell Nora that of course she'd stayed.”
― Alwyn Hamilton, The Notorious Virtues

“Because the Sisters had been right about Lotte her whole life. She wasn't very virtuous. Certainly not virtuous enough that she would have felt guilty setting this place alight.”
― Alwyn Hamilton, The Notorious Virtues

“And so the woodcutter's daughter became his heiress, while her unworthy brothers got nothing.”
― Alwyn Hamilton, The Notorious Virtues

“You're going home.'
It took Lotte a moment to realise what her mother meant by home.
Gelde.”
― Alwyn Hamilton, The Notorious Virtues

“You don't do anything with the heirship, you are the heir or you're not.”
― Alwyn Hamilton, The Notorious Virtues

“She was the woodcutter's heiress. She was the one who hunted wolves.”
― Alwyn Hamilton, The Notorious Virtues

“Your family cares.' Benedict rubbed his face, looking worn through. 'They care a great deal about you not making it to the city alive.”
― Alwyn Hamilton, The Notorious Virtues

“August had been working on that thing for a week, and Honora had fixed it in a few minutes. The infamous Holtzfall beauty, who was by all accounts flighty and foolish and self-interested...”
― Alwyn Hamilton, The Notorious Virtues

“It was known as the Enchanted Hour.”
― Alwyn Hamilton, The Notorious Virtues

“Predictably, like in life, the only ones who complain about fairness are the ones who lose. And I will tell you what I always those that come crying to me: Life is completely fair to those who deserve it.”
― Alwyn Hamilton, The Notorious Virtues