The Lady and the Highwayman Quotes

“When one lacks the opportunity to rewrite one’s words, one is far more likely to use them incorrectly.”
― Sarah M. Eden, The Lady and the Highwayman

“There was nothing to be done but write him into the next installment of The Lady and the Highwayman and make certain something miserable happened to him. One did not treat an author poorly without consequences.”
― Sarah M. Eden, The Lady and the Highwayman

“It does not do to ignore success in one’s chosen field, even if that success occurs in slightly different incarnations than one is accustomed to.”
― Sarah M. Eden, The Lady and the Highwayman

“Keeping secrets saved lives, but it also complicated things.”
― Sarah M. Eden, The Lady and the Highwayman

“A good teacher is the only reason I made anything of myself.”
― Sarah M. Eden, The Lady and the Highwayman

“If they acted older, they might not be taken advantage of as much, and flattering a man’s ego made him less likely to lash out at her. It condemned the men of the world that girls learned such things, yet too many men didn’t see it or didn’t care or thought it their right to make this world dangerous for the girls and women in it.”
― Sarah M. Eden, The Lady and the Highwayman

“That holds true only if one’s motivation in doing good works is to be known for doing them. Perhaps this mysterious society values the results of their work more than the credit.”
― Sarah M. Eden, The Lady and the Highwayman

“Apparently inching her way toward this new branch of her life wasn’t her way; she had run at it at full speed.”
― Sarah M. Eden, The Lady and the Highwayman

“Sometimes conversations required the most ridiculous of dances.”
― Sarah M. Eden, The Lady and the Highwayman

“My father always said I was too bold for my own good.”
― Sarah M. Eden, The Lady and the Highwayman

“Too many men considered themselves fully entitled to a woman’s time and attention regardless of her feelings on the matter.”
― Sarah M. Eden, The Lady and the Highwayman

“He kept mum on near everything but did not for a moment give the impression of timidity.”
― Sarah M. Eden, The Lady and the Highwayman