To Have and To Hold Quotes

“He resorted to tyranny—the favored fallback of English aristocrats when democracy wasn’t going their way.”
― Patricia Gaffney, To Have and To Hold

“What was it about a woman—a certain kind of woman—standing at the mercy of men—righteous, civic-minded men, with the moral force of public outrage on their side—that could sometimes be secretly, shamefacedly titillating?”
― Patricia Gaffney, To Have and To Hold

“He even got an old moral lesson hammered home anew: the poor go to gaol for the same crimes with which the rich aren’t even charged.”
― Patricia Gaffney, To Have and To Hold