A Mysterious Season Quotes

“You are not that woman. Not anymore.” “What woman?” “The one who meekly does as she is told. You are something new, a creation of your own making now, an invention of your own imagination. You are not what they made of you,” she said, nodding towards the little clusters of my family and friends. “You are not Julia Grey, the child of the aristocrat. You are not Julia Grey, widow of a bad man. You are Julia Brisbane now. The question is: What will you make of her?”
― Deanna Raybourn, A Mysterious Season