Lady Violet Pays a Call Quotes

“Anything distasteful to the squires and lords, or injurious to their wealth, had become likely to foment rebellion. Decent wages. Safe working conditions. A chance to vote in even local elections. Housing that didn’t literally collapse in a high wind. Safe drinking water. All dangerously revolutionary. Unpatriotic, even.”
― Grace Burrowes, Lady Violet Pays a Call

“According to some in England, concern for the less fortunate was not Christian, but rather, dangerously revolutionary. The lower orders—so this enlightened thinking went—should resign themselves to their hardships, and rely upon God to reward their sacrifices in the hereafter.”
― Grace Burrowes, Lady Violet Pays a Call

“What sort of God does that? Puts a woman through months of physical hardship, raises a couple’s hopes, and then replaces joy with tragedy?”
― Grace Burrowes, Lady Violet Pays a Call