“...soon dinner will run into bed-time, and we shall all eat reclining like the ancient Romans--about whose digestion, you know, I have often wondered. Whether a dose of rhubabrb might have made a difference to Nero or Caligula is a… — Jude Morgan Copy Share Image
“I must try to be charitable, Caroline thought: probably she doesn't mean to sound as if she is continually translating from Latin.” — Jude Morgan Copy Share Image
We always think we know what we want: when in truth there is nothing we are less likely to know. — Jude Morgan Copy Share Image
Really, I protest-what is left for the satirical mind to invent when reality so surpasses it? — Jude Morgan Copy Share Image
“You can greet even the dullest acquaintance with pleasure, if you have forgotten their dreary story.” — Jude Morgan Copy Share Image
But we disposable women have to be realistic in this life, you know. Else we get itchy and discontented and start contemplating the kitchen… — Jude Morgan Copy Share Image
“Matthew gave her such a hurt, wistful, nobly forbearing, and absolutely infuriating look that if Caroline had been a rich aunt she would have… — Jude Morgan Copy Share Image
“The stupidest people suddenly become a little cleverer when we learn that they think well of us” — Jude Morgan Copy Share Image
“I do not say that I could never be persuaded to sacrifice my reputation to passion- only that it would take a great deal.” — Jude Morgan Copy Share Image
“See? It's easy. Try. Try the exquisite pleasure of surprising yourself.” — Jude Morgan Copy Share Image
