Madam Quotes

“We must use the errors of the past to reflect on our own future”
― Phoebe Wynne, Madam

“Wipe away this living stain on education, on womankind”
― Phoebe Wynne, Madam

“She'd somehow bound herself up in this bizarre ensemble of fate, the three of them: one dead, one absent and one very much alive”
― Phoebe Wynne, Madam

“Clearly that's how they do things. Besides, nepotism is how Britain is run, so why shouldn't we benefit from it?”
― Phoebe Wynne, Madam

“Rose’s father had always told her that schools were transient—children adapt, teachers come and go. She hadn’t thought that her old friends would move on so quickly, and she felt keenly the sting of it.”
― Phoebe Wynne, Madam

“The envelope she discarded. She knew the culprit would never reveal herself, and the letters might continue until Rose had plastered them all over the mirror, all over her skin, all over her heart, and driven herself mad”
― Phoebe Wynne, Madam

“As she poured the blood-red liquid into a glass at the bar, she wondered how an establishment that promised to educate 'girls of the world' could somehow make its women feel so small”
― Phoebe Wynne, Madam

“Books aren't for learning, Madam,' interjected Nessa. 'Books are for posture.”
― Phoebe Wynne, Madam