The Heir Affair Quotes

“It’s unrealistic to expect to find peace in the arms of someone else if you can’t find it within yourself.”
― Heather Cocks, The Heir Affair

“Men are weak, but women are not. We aren’t afforded that luxury.”
― Heather Cocks, The Heir Affair

“You don’t stop doing a puzzle when you find two pieces that fit; you build around them, and the whole jigsaw hangs together better.”
― Heather Cocks, The Heir Affair

“Everyone knew that we knew that they knew that we knew that they knew what was at stake.”
― Heather Cocks, The Heir Affair

“People change.” “No, they don’t,” Eleanor said. “They simply change costumes. Underneath, they’re who they always were.”
― Heather Cocks, The Heir Affair

“Althorpe threw open a set of heavy double doors to reveal the spacious in-house movie theater, furnished with about twenty high-end leather couches and captains’ seats that had their own tables for snacks. Lacey and I were agog. The Cubs—my Cubs—were about to play for their lives on the wall of Buckingham Palace.

“An immense moment demands an immense screen,” came Eleanor’s voice.

When she rose with some effort from her seat, I blinked. It looked familiar. But it couldn’t be.

“Eleanor,” I said, dropping all formality. “Is that…?”

“A Coucherator,” she said. “Nicholas spoke to your mother and had one flown in. There is a treat in it for you.”

She opened the refrigerated compartment of my dad’s life’s work, so roundly mocked by the British press and Eleanor alike. Inside was a perfectly chilled case of Miller Lite. It was only then that I noticed a side table stuffed with Cracker Jack, Doritos, Pop-Tarts, and hot dog condiments.

“Althorpe will deliver the tube meat momentarily,” Eleanor said.”
― Heather Cocks, The Heir Affair

“It’s unrealistic to expect to find peace in the arms of someone else if you can’t find it within yourself”
― Heather Cocks, The Heir Affair

“Men are like the monarchy itself, aren’t they? Splendid to look at, occasionally fun to have around, but cruel and pointless to the end”
― Heather Cocks, The Heir Affair

“A person is always the hero in their own story, and thus an unreliable narrator.”
― Heather Cocks, The Heir Affair

“If you can’t change your own circumstances, then change someone else’s.”
― Heather Cocks, The Heir Affair

“One of the twins gave a very aggressive kick. My stomach lurched. “Ow,” I said, touching the spot of impact.

“Do you think that was a vote for or against?” Nick asked. He leaned toward it. “Hello? BBC Two and ITV, do either of you have a thought?”
― Heather Cocks, The Heir Affair

“THE NEW CANADIAN PRIME MINISTER HAS GREAT HAIR, I wrote next.

Eleanor raised a brow and flipped a page. This was the most she’d ever even looked at me during one of these sessions, so I pressed onward.”
― Heather Cocks, The Heir Affair

“You’ll always feel better once you get off your butt’ is my motto. If you can’t change your own circumstances, then change someone else’s.”
― Heather Cocks, The Heir Affair

“was never a religious person, although I hoped the afterlife existed; all those artists and warriors and thinkers and lovers seemed awfully wasted if their only point was to kiss the earth once and leave.”
― Heather Cocks, The Heir Affair

“Apparently, the main duty of the Duchess of Clarence was finagling recalcitrant royals into talking.”
― Heather Cocks, The Heir Affair

“The rhythmic pounding of my feet had a metronome effect on my thoughts. They didn’t tangle up in each other the way they sometimes did when I was sitting on our couch; they simply came in an orderly way, one after the other, check, check, check.”
― Heather Cocks, The Heir Affair

“I liked that used books brought with them their own history—every dog-ear, every stain, every crease. Maybe a book was slightly faded because someone had left it in the sun on their honeymoon. Maybe page ninety-eight was turned at the corner because it contained a glorious insult, or the perfect romantic turn of phrase. Maybe the person who’d highlighted nearly every line had graduated at the top of her class. Secondhand books could have lived in tiny walk-ups or hotel rooms or the White House—or, here, even in Balmoral Castle itself. Each book was a mystery, its secrets hidden in plain sight.”
― Heather Cocks, The Heir Affair

“I should also like to buy clothing on the internet. Things I don’t need, seasonally inappropriate, and very unlikely to fit properly.”
― Heather Cocks, The Heir Affair