Angelika Frankenstein Makes Her Match Quotes

“How did it feel? His soul?”
“Like stars.”
― Sally Thorne, Angelika Frankenstein Makes Her Match

“Never again tell me what I think. Never again attempt to convince me of what you think is true.”
― Sally Thorne, Angelika Frankenstein Makes Her Match

“Do you have a monopoly on genius and talent? Did you achieve everything in your life alone? Am I mentioned even once in your notebooks? Does Herr Jürgen curse my name also? Will I be remembered in history?”
A speechless Victor was her favorite kind. She continued her rant.
“Everything you have ever done is because I helped you. Your conceit is exactly equal to my delusion. But despite these personal failings, we carry on.”
― Sally Thorne, Angelika Frankenstein Makes Her Match

“I feel like I live in a crack between worlds, and sometimes I feel like I might die inside it.”
― Sally Thorne, Angelika Frankenstein Makes Her Match

“I am not your average man. I am ready for the challenge of an exceptional woman”
― Sally Thorne, Angelika Frankenstein Makes Her Match

“I don’t tell people things in time. I say things in the wrong order, or assume that people will know.”
― Sally Thorne, Angelika Frankenstein Makes Her Match

“Wouldn’t the world be astonished to know that after death, one’s spirit was caught in a star?”
― Sally Thorne, Angelika Frankenstein Makes Her Match

“I am beginning to understand. Loneliness is a pain all of its own.”
― Sally Thorne, Angelika Frankenstein Makes Her Match

“Your loyalty belongs to me, brother. When we find that ring, I want you to give it to me. Promise me. He’s mine. I made him, and everything he has is also mine.”
“You are wrong, you brat,” Victor said in a warning tone. “He belongs to himself.”
― Sally Thorne, Angelika Frankenstein Makes Her Match

“Well? Does anybody here wish to belong to a selfish young lady who will keep you as a handsome pet and will refuse to compromise on anything? Make yourself known if you are indeed that fool.”
There was a long, dead silence.
Angelika glared at him. “Is that how you would have introduced me at the military academy ball?”
“Are you still angry about that? It was weeks ago.”
“Yes. I am angry that my brother refused to take me somewhere to dance with soldiers and meet the new commander.” She put her hands on her hip. “It’s my fault that I’m considered odd, and superior, and a bit witchy. But it’s your fault, too.”
Victor ran a hand through his famous honey-red hair; the same color as hers. He conceded. “I accept that I could do more. But I draw the line at country dances.”
― Sally Thorne, Angelika Frankenstein Makes Her Match

“If you had done your duty as an older brother and a guardian, I wouldn’t be here right now.”
Victor replied, “I’ve introduced you to every unmarried man I’ve ever met. I’ve struck up conversations in theaters with men you thought were your destiny. I’ve sat through fortune-teller visits. I’ve delivered anonymous love notes and objected at a wedding. I once helped you perform a spell under the full moon. It was absolutely unscientific, but I did it.”
He did sound very close to tearing his hair out.”
― Sally Thorne, Angelika Frankenstein Makes Her Match

“Generosity is the garment that suits you best”
― Sally Thorne, Angelika Frankenstein Makes Her Match

“Feeling sorry is one thing, but being practical is the better solution...”
― Sally Thorne, Angelika Frankenstein Makes Her Match

“You’ve never wanted anyone to love me you’ve always laughed at my infatuations, and told me I am a fool, and nobody would ever want me.”
“I never laughed at you,” Victor said uneasily. “All right, maybe I did. But I was joking.”
“You were never joking, and you weren’t joking when you said it last night. But he loves me, and it’s not for my fortune or my face. He loves my flaws. He makes me feel like I could be a better person. We are connected, at a blood level.”
“I do not doubt the depth of your love.”
― Sally Thorne, Angelika Frankenstein Makes Her Match

“He had been alone for most of his life in every way that counted, and as the days and nights wore on, he had accepted that he would die alone.”
― Sally Thorne, Angelika Frankenstein Makes Her Match

“If you had attended that welcome ball for him, what might have happened?”
“I would have taken a sunlit path, that much is true. But you found me first.”
Will was amused. “You found me dead.”
“Then we each had perfect timing. I am beginning to see that each person has multiple paths, with choices and crossroads. And for you, I will take this dark forest path.”
― Sally Thorne, Angelika Frankenstein Makes Her Match

“In reality, you are at the back of a long queue of men who would not take me on. You know that good feeling you just had? How nice it felt to be special to someone? Please realize I have never experienced that feeling in return.”
― Sally Thorne, Angelika Frankenstein Makes Her Match

“Star-fire was in her blood and bones.”
― Sally Thorne, Angelika Frankenstein Makes Her Match

“There was something about her personality that was untenable. Unnatural. Unlovable.”
― Sally Thorne, Angelika Frankenstein Makes Her Match

“He now lives like he’d learned a secret, and Angelika yearned to know it, too. Wouldn’t it be lovely to be in love?”
― Sally Thorne, Angelika Frankenstein Makes Her Match

“You—sad—little—spinster.”
The locals said similar things to her turned back. Unmarried. Unwanted, unusual, ungodly.”
― Sally Thorne, Angelika Frankenstein Makes Her Match

“I hate you Victor. So very much.”
Sincerely, he replied, “I love you, too.”
― Sally Thorne, Angelika Frankenstein Makes Her Match

“Tender love and care were needed, as a matter of utmost urgency.”
― Sally Thorne, Angelika Frankenstein Makes Her Match

“She might be living without love, forever?”
― Sally Thorne, Angelika Frankenstein Makes Her Match

“…she had no one special to love her, and her longing filled the house like steam.”
― Sally Thorne, Angelika Frankenstein Makes Her Match

“Here is a little known fact: houses are proud of their observational skills.
A well-maintained house perfectly understands the weather, local gossip, who is an esteemed caller and who is an unwanted visitor, and above all, they know their inhabitants.
A smart London Town house on a prominent street will know the contents of love letters hidden beneath a pillow on its second floor. A humble cottage, with a clean-swept stone floor and a new log in the fireplace, knows what’s for dinner next Tuesday. Will you need a coat today? Ask your house. Which chambermaid is in love with that soulful-eyed footman? There are no secrets.
But if neglect is involved, a house tends to grow sullen.”
― Sally Thorne, Angelika Frankenstein Makes Her Match