A Most Forgettable Girl Quotes

“Well, they were clearly jealous of you,” James answered testily. “Doubtless their own were pitifully undersized and decayed while yours are large and healthy.” Large and healthy, Gunnilde thought dolefully. Yes, that described her perfectly. Gunnilde Payne, large and healthy daughter of Sir Aubron. She supposed she should be grateful James had not described her thus in his letter to his parents.”
― Alice Coldbreath, A Most Forgettable Girl

“Remind him to breathe?” Gunnilde sounded incredulous.”
― Alice Coldbreath, A Most Forgettable Girl

“She was also refusing to meet his gaze with her own. “Just where is it you wish to go?” he asked suspiciously. “To a tavern,” she answered at once. “I wish to sample the entertainment available at the taverns of Aphrany.” He might have known it would be something outrageous. Why in the name of the gods? “You wish to take fashion inspiration from tavern wenches?” he guessed wildly.”
― Alice Coldbreath, A Most Forgettable Girl

“She had not known that people could glower in their sleep but somehow James managed it.”
― Alice Coldbreath, A Most Forgettable Girl

“Hal looked impatient. “Who cares what they might say? It is your own feelings on the matter that concern me. Last I heard tell, your ambition was to marry a knight, have your own home and five bonny children.”
― Alice Coldbreath, A Most Forgettable Girl

“At least, he thought suddenly, he would not have to actively court this one. He knew instinctively that she would not have been satisfied with the kind of dry speeches he had delivered to Constance. She would have expected effort. Effort James had neither the ability nor the inclination to expend. His shoulders relaxed infinitesimally. There was that one small comfort. Then, too, he had been rather dreading the intimacies of marriage with Constance. Before she ran off, he had owed it to his bride to be always courteous and considerate. At least with this one, there was no need for pretense and civility. He could be wholly his own horrible self.”
― Alice Coldbreath, A Most Forgettable Girl