Miss Wylde in The White City Quotes

“I must control my feelings. My heart cannot rule.”
― Grace Hitchcock, The White City

“He longed to comfort her, to sweep her into his arms and take her away from Holmes and out of danger, but he knew that she wouldn’t respond well to him whisking her away completely. She felt called to do this job, and he must honor her calling and help her, even if it meant keeping his feelings at bay and placing the woman he cared about in harm’s way.”
― Grace Hitchcock, Miss Wylde in The White City: a Historical Romance True Crime

“Escaping outside, Jude removed his hat, wiping at his forehead with his sleeve. "I have never felt so overwhelmed, not even when I was in the middle of an angry crowd in New York." He looked at her, brows lifted, "You book enthusiasts are insane!”
― Grace Hitchcock, The White City

“Her gaze fell to her open Bible, resting on the chair beside her. She didn't remember putting it there. She reached for it, held the pages up to the candle, and read, "The Lord is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? The Lord is the strength of my life; of whom shall I be afraid? When the wicked, even mine enemies and my foes came upon me to eat up my flesh, they stumbled and fell." She closed her eyes and allowed the psalm to bathe her in peace. In spite of all the evil that Holmes had intended for her, the Lord had other plans and had led her to find Miss Lance and had sent her Jude in her moment of need.”
― Grace Hitchcock, The White City

“I have never felt so overwhelmed, not even when I was in the middle of an angry crowd in New York.” He looked at her, brows lifted, “You book enthusiasts are insane!”
― Grace Hitchcock, The White City

“Turning her back to the interior windows, she stepped into his arms and lifted her gaze to him. “Jude? Tell me one thing.” Anything, he wished he could say. “And what is that?” “Do you care for me?” With every beat of my heart. Jude leaned down and kissed her for the last time. He could swear he heard the sound of his heart cracking.”
― Grace Hitchcock, The White City

“There is love in me the likes of which you’ve never seen. There is rage in me the likes of which should never escape. If I am not satisfied in the one, I will indulge the other.” ~ Mary Shelley, Frankenstein”
― Grace Hitchcock, The White City

“Surely, he knows that, in the language of flowers, to give a woman tulips is a declaration of … love?”
― Grace Hitchcock, The White City