A Fine Gentleman Quotes

“And then he smiled. "Good heavens, Mari. I have missed you."
It was quite the most wonderful thing he could have said.”
― Sarah M. Eden, A Fine Gentleman

“You likely also don't remember that you were insufferable," she said.
"It's pronounced 'irresistible.”
― Sarah M. Eden, A Fine Gentleman

“Nothing destroys a well-versed offer of one's hand like a fit of hysterics.”
― Sarah M. Eden, A Fine Gentleman

“That is a trait a gentleman ought to seek out in a lady, you know." Philip's gaze slid to where Sorrel sat conversing quietly with Mariposa across the room. "She doesn't allow you to be complacent. She'll make you want to be better.”
― Sarah M. Eden, A Fine Gentleman

“All of us have reasons for the disguises we wear,” Mariposa said quietly, leaning her forehead against the window and continuing to look out. “Some masks are meant to save us from the world around us. Others are meant to shield us from ourselves.”
― Sarah M. Eden, A Fine Gentleman

“I don't understand."
She took his hand in hers. "You all keep yourselves tucked safely behind various masks and walls, whether it be isolation or playing the fool or"--she eyed him more pointedly--"clinging to the appearance of impeccable respectability."
...
"Give your brother a chance to be his full self before deciding who he is. You might both be surprised by what you discover.”
― Sarah M. Eden, A Fine Gentleman

“It is not the beginnings that matter, Jason, neither the endings, but all the many moments in between.”
― Sarah M. Eden, A Fine Gentleman

“Are you asking my intentions toward Miss Thornton?”
Philip laughed and shrugged. “Quite presumptuous, aren’t I?”
“I would, of course, marry her if her good name were compromised,” Jason said.
“And if it is not?”
“I think I would marry her anyway,” Jason heard himself confess. His surprise at his own words must have shown. “Good heavens.”
Philip chuckled. “Sneaks up on you, doesn’t it?”
― Sarah M. Eden, A Fine Gentleman

“Seeing one’s own flaws is painful,” Father’s voice echoed in his mind. “ But it is vital if one is to smooth the rough edges of one’s character.”
― Sarah M. Eden, A Fine Gentleman

“Someday, my love,” Jason could hear Father’s voice echoing across the years, “ they will all be grown and gone, and we will stand in the silence and miss all the noise they make.”
― Sarah M. Eden, A Fine Gentleman

“One does not fight injustice by creating chaos if there are more productive ways of doing so.”
― Sarah M. Eden, A Fine Gentleman

“His grip on her hand was unrelenting but not at all painful, as if he made certain he did not hurt her, despite his obvious anger.”
― Sarah M. Eden, A Fine Gentleman

“Jonquils save people,” Father had once said only partly in jest. “It’s what we do. We can’t help ourselves.”
― Sarah M. Eden, A Fine Gentleman

“Some masks are meant to save us from the world around us. Others are meant to shield us from ourselves.”
― Sarah M. Eden, A Fine Gentleman

“As a man, I am prone to say things that are universally misunderstood by women, particularly by women. Men say something, and at some point between our mouths and your ears, it twists around itself and transforms into something inexplicably insulting. We can’t help ourselves. I am absolutely certain it is an inborn flaw.”
― Sarah M. Eden, A Fine Gentleman