Reputation Quotes

“It seemed unwise to her that he had chosen to insult her when she was still holding a weapon in her hand, especially a weapon she had just proven she was far more adept than him at using – but with regret, she had not shot him.”
― Lex Croucher, Reputation

“Most men think it’s the pinnacle of romance to give you a slightly more pronounced nod of greeting than they give the next girl.”
― Lex Croucher, Reputation

“And I know this – Thomas is not a man to shy away from something simply because it is difficult. You are not a problem; you are not trouble.”
― Lex Croucher, Reputation

“Georgiana could not imagine that anybody in the world was more pitiful than she was at this very moment. She thought vaguely that plague-stricken orphans might have come close to feeling this destitute but then, they had probably never been to a party, and perhaps it was better to have never been to a party at all than to have experienced one as disastrous as this.”
― Lex Croucher, Reputation

“I must confess, I am rather fond of them. I flatter myself that I'm quite a prolific reader, but I often find that tedious philosophical musings on the meaning of life leave one a little cold. Life is difficult enough, after all, without dissecting it and agonising over the pieces. You can count on a romance.”
― Lex Croucher, Reputation

“Georgiana had even gone so far in her daydreams as to imagine a handsome brother, a future Lord Campbell of good humour and pleasant features, whom she might marry to ensure a permanent sisterhood with Frances.”
― Lex Croucher, Reputation

“In the dark recesses of her mind, she imagined prostrating herself at their feet, begging them to take her on and make her their fourth child; she would offer to confine herself to her father's study and have meals delivered through the door, haunting them like a sorrowful, literary ghost.”
― Lex Croucher, Reputation

“In the dark recesses of her mind, she imagined prostrating herself at their feet, begging them to take her on and make her their fourth child; she would offer to confine herself to her father's study and have meals delivered through the door, haunting them ike a sorrowful, literary ghost.”
― Lex Croucher, Reputation

“Georgiana already felt so settled that if she were forced to settle any further, she might lose sentience altogether and become an integral part of the structure of the house - the human equivalent of a load-bearing beam.”
― Lex Croucher, Reputation

“I should much prefer to sit with you and discuss the love affairs of others than risk the horror of starting my own.”
― Lex Croucher, Reputation