Who Slays the Wicked Quotes

“What the bloody hell is wrong with us? What kind of society turns its back on the neediest amongst them? They call themselves Christians. They smugly go to church every Sunday and pat themselves on the back for being so damn holy. And then they allow this?”
― C.S. Harris, Who Slays the Wicked

“Hero gave a faint, sad smile. ‘The odd thing is, he’s always claimed he likes women who are ornamental rather than educated. Yet while Victoria affects a kind of chatty, cheerful mindlessness in public, she’s never made any attempt to hide either her intelligence or her learning from Jarvis. I wouldn’t have expected that to appeal to him, but it obviously does.’

‘People’s tastes can change over the years.’

‘Dear Lord,’ said Hero suddenly, as if a thought had just occurred to her. ‘I don’t even like her. What am I going to do if he marries her?’

‘Get a lot of practice at smiling dissemblance.”
― C.S. Harris, Who Slays the Wicked

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― C.S. Harris, Who Slays the Wicked

“I know what he was like,’ said Sebastian.

McCay’s daughter made a harsh, scoffing sound in her throat. ‘Do you? Ashworth came close to ruining us. He did it as deliberately and casually as a normal person might step on a bug. Men like him, they think their wealth and lineage give them the right to do whatever they please to anyone weaker or poorer than they are. And you know why they think that way? Because it’s true — they always get away with it. Always. No one stops them. No one dares to stop them. And there’s no real way for those they harm to fight back.”
― C.S. Harris, Who Slays the Wicked