The Case of the Gypsy Good-Bye Quotes

“There is method to her madness!”
― Nancy Springer, The Case of the Gypsy Good-Bye

“One cannot be a mother without first being a person; family, husband and children should not be allowed, as is so often the case, to steal a woman's selfhood and her dreams.”
― Nancy Springer, The Case of the Gypsy Good-Bye

“one cannot be a mother without first being a person; family, husband, and children should not be allowed, as is so often the case, to steal a woman’s selfhood and her dreams. I considered that, if I were not true to myself, then all the mothering I could give you would have been falsehood”
― Nancy Springer, The Case of the Disappearing Duchess

“mostly naked, in a very different area than that whence they came. For this reason, few such children were allowed upon the street without the accompaniment of a guardian-servant. “For her clothing? The Duquessa is not a child!” To the contrary, I thought; she seemed quite childlike in many ways, but Sherlock laughed heartily. “Most far-fetched.”
― Nancy Springer, The Case of the Gypsy Good-Bye

“emphatically. “But even so, I don’t suppose we would have”
― Nancy Springer, The Case of the Gypsy Good-Bye