“Millie was never possessive, never effusive, and never demonstrative. Her even-tempered approach to her marriage should have been enough to convince everyone… — Sherry Thomas Copy Share Image
“This time he could no longer hold back his tears. And with them came words that he’d never been able to say… — Sherry Thomas Copy Share Image
“His voice, however, was utterly velvety—if an upholstered wrecking ball could be called velvety. “I won’t need to try, my dear. My… — Sherry Thomas Copy Share Image
“And when the governess had left, he would slip out of his own room and peer at her door until her light… — Sherry Thomas Copy Share Image
Sometimes limbs must be re-broken to set properly, her heart too needed to shatter anew before it could truly heal. — Sherry Thomas Copy Share Image
“Do you think I should be paying my addresses to Mrs. Martin, my dear Miss Fitzhugh?” he whispered. “Martin doesn’t look the… — Sherry Thomas Copy Share Image
“I’ve always loved you,” he said, his eyes a blue that was almost violet. “You know this.” She swallowed a lump in… — Sherry Thomas Copy Share Image
“The worst thing about falling in love with her so early in life was that he’d been an absolute snot at fourteen,… — Sherry Thomas Copy Share Image
“He was a god above her, powerful, beautiful, larger than life. The light brought out the latent gold of his hair. The… — Sherry Thomas Copy Share Image
“And why, exactly, was she in no danger from him? Why didn’t he want her with the fervor of a thousand over-heating… — Sherry Thomas Copy Share Image
“She fluttered her fan. “And do you know what they say of women of a certain age, what they want above all?”… — Sherry Thomas Copy Share Image
“Tenderness, that most alien and disconcerting of emotions, swelled and billowed in her. She picked up a cherry and stared down at… — Sherry Thomas Copy Share Image
“Sometimes people change, said a voice inside him. And sometimes they don’t.” — Sherry Thomas Copy Share Image
“I always think I cannot love you more if I tried, but I always do.” — Sherry Thomas Copy Share Image
“For the thousandth time he wished he’d just met her. That they were but two strangers traveling together, that such lovely, filthy thoughts did… — Sherry Thomas Copy Share Image
“This is the story of a girl who fooled a thousand boys, a boy who fooled an entire country, a partnership that would change… — Sherry Thomas Copy Share Image
“Outwardly, other than her hair, she had not changed much. She was still more or less the same cool, aloof woman who garnered more… — Sherry Thomas Copy Share Image
“Humans, herself included, held no interest for her except as living machines, mind-bogglingly intricate, beautiful systems that somehow housed individuals not quite worthy of… — Sherry Thomas Copy Share Image
“...So far I have restrained myself. For how much longer, I do not know. I have never known such happiness, shot through with such… — Sherry Thomas Copy Share Image
“You are asking me to give up everything for a cause that isn't mine. I don't want to be part of any revolution. I… — Sherry Thomas Copy Share Image
“Just before the start of Summer Half, in April 1883, a very minor event took place at Eton College, that venerable and illustrious English… — Sherry Thomas Copy Share Image
“A reflection of their story: imperfect, but to him the most beautiful of stories.” — Sherry Thomas Copy Share Image
