Unlaced Quotes

“But if you ask what is the good of education in general, the answer is easy; that education makes good men, and that good men act nobly.”
― Kristina Cook, Unlaced

“Lucy nodded. It wasn’t as if she had any choice. Jane’s parents had graciously offered to sponsor her, and her father had accepted Lord and Lady Rosemoor’s invitation on her behalf. There’d been no room for arguments; even tears hadn’t swayed Papa’s firm resolve to send her away. He’d accused her of spending far too much time with Mr. Wilton, reminding her that she could never study at the Veterinary College as he was. She was a female, he’d repeated, and females her age read novels, painted landscapes…found suitable husbands.”
― Kristina Cook, Unlaced

“Veterinary arts?” Jane asked with a gasp. “Lucy, you must be mad.” “I assure you I’ve all my wits about me,” Lucy Abbington answered with a frown. No, she wasn’t mad, but her life was about to change—dramatically. She’d long since recognized this as the truth, ever since her father had packed her”
― Kristina Cook, Unlaced

“hers,”
― Kristina Cook, Unlaced

“It isn't what characteristics, what traits you've inherited from your parents that make you who you are. It's the choices you make, Henry, that decide what kind of person you become.”
― Kristina Cook, Unlaced

“Riding sidesaddle is not truly riding. It’s ridiculous, is what it is. As if I couldn’t properly sit a horse.”
― Kristina Cook, Unlaced

“Riding sidesaddle is not truly riding. It’s ridiculous, is what it is.”
― Kristina Cook, Unlaced