How the Wallflower was Won Quotes

“People in true marriages make mistakes, and those mistakes hurt because they care about each other. Because they love each other. Then they move forward, stronger. Together.”
― Eva Leigh, How the Wallflower was Won

“He had apologized, as had she, yet the pain remained. Now they each seemed to know the damage they could do to the other, and trembled in its wake.”
― Eva Leigh, How the Wallflower was Won

“I . . . ah . . . I haven’t much familiarity with being defended.” “What a brutal place this world is, especially to the young.”
― Eva Leigh, How the Wallflower was Won

“Demean myself before anyone else can, and rob their insults of power.” “Your armor does more damage than the weapon it’s intended to protect you from,” she said sadly.”
― Eva Leigh, How the Wallflower was Won

“They never see us for who we truly are,” she murmured in the quiet. “We’re always children to them, and even then, it’s who they believe us to be rather than our genuine selves.”
― Eva Leigh, How the Wallflower was Won

“No passion so effectually robs the mind of all its powers of acting and reasoning as fear,’” she noted, then added, “Edmund Burke.”
― Eva Leigh, How the Wallflower was Won

“hurt, to consider the costs of his privilege and unfair advantages, but nothing ever got better without facing hard, painful truths.”
― Eva Leigh, How the Wallflower was Won

“What must it mean to her, to be one woman facing off against decades of influential men?”
― Eva Leigh, How the Wallflower was Won

“Thank you,” she murmured, “but you’re a man. Men can show everyone that they’re pleased with themselves and everyone calls it confidence. When women display satisfaction in themselves, they’re labeled as vain.”
― Eva Leigh, How the Wallflower was Won

“I’m as unfamiliar with a place like this as a rich man is unfamiliar with an almshouse,”
― Eva Leigh, How the Wallflower was Won

“He stood behind her and gently took the brush from her hand before running it slowly through her tresses.”
― Eva Leigh, How the Wallflower was Won

“The journey between tears and laughter is a short one, and we hardly know we’re making it until we’ve arrived at our destination.” She tucked the handkerchief into her reticule.”
― Eva Leigh, How the Wallflower was Won

“He mulled over what she said, her goals, her intentions. And saw things in ways he’d never seen before. It hurt, to consider the costs of his privilege and unfair advantages, but nothing ever got better without facing hard, painful truths.”
― Eva Leigh, How the Wallflower was Won

“That was my first time as someone’s first time, and I thank you for the wondrous experience.”
― Eva Leigh, How the Wallflower was Won

“As the Sterling Society was comprised entirely of white, wealthy Christian men, it hardly seemed to be representative of the greater world, and yet these men were making decisions that affected many people.”
― Eva Leigh, How the Wallflower was Won

“A wise man is superior to any insults which can be put upon him"she said immediately"and the best reply to unseemly behavior is patience and moderation.”
― Eva Leigh, How the Wallflower was Won

“You are"he said in a gratifyingly spent voice,"the most magnificent being I've ever known.”
― Eva Leigh, How the Wallflower was Won

“He’d never wanted to be seen as much as he did at that moment, while at the same time, he feared what might happen if she could see down into the soul of him, who he truly was. A restless, trembling yearning ached in his heart, wanting so much from her, but afraid of the thing he most desired.”
― Eva Leigh, How the Wallflower was Won

“You are, he said in a gratifyingly spent voice, the most magnificent being I've ever known.”
― Eva Leigh, How the Wallflower Was Won: A Novel (Last Chance Scoundrels Series, Book 2)

“A wise man is superior to any insults which can be put upon him, she said immediately, and the best reply to unseemly behavior is patience and moderation.”
― Eva Leigh, How the Wallflower was Won