The Secrets of Hartwood Hall Quotes

“I do not know how long I lay like that before the door eased open and I saw Paul framed within it. His face was deathly pale, his eyes red and wet, and I felt a strange stab of anger, as though I wanted all the grief to be mine alone.”
― Katie Lumsden, The Secrets of Hartwood Hall

“But I did not want the future he had planned for me. I did not want a future chosen by anyone but myself.”
― Katie Lumsden, The Secrets of Hartwood Hall

“I had never before felt so hungry for someone in the way I did for him. I had never been so brazen, so careless of all those rules the world and God had laid upon us. Everything about him seemed to intoxicate me--the thrill of his touch, the feel of his skin, the look on his face when his eyes met mine. I loved the scent of him, the way he ran his hands through his hair, the gentle tones of his voice.”
― Katie Lumsden, The Secrets of Hartwood Hall

“And all I could think of was that I had seen this man undressed, that I knew the precise shape of his arms beneath his shirt, that I had touched every inch of him, kissed his neck and mouth with hungry kisses, that he had clasped me to him fast.”
― Katie Lumsden, The Secrets of Hartwood Hall

“Everything seemed hazy, blurred, less certain. The last few months, the snatched moments in his rooms, the feel of his hands on my skin--it all suddenly seemed like a strange dream. And I had woken to blood, to loss, to this.”
― Katie Lumsden, The Secrets of Hartwood Hall

“I said nothing. Too many reasons, too many sins. But he was right. It did not feel wrong. It felt less wrong than anything had in a long time.”
― Katie Lumsden, The Secrets of Hartwood Hall