--- title: "3 Wife Duchess Quotes by 2 authors" description: "Browse 3 Wife Duchess quotes by 2 authors. Discover the best Wife Duchess sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2ab/gillian-flynn-316_duchess_given-my-druthers-now-i-d-prefer-a-snaps_81156.jpg" --- > [“Given my druthers now, I’d prefer a snapshot of Warren Harding’s wife, “the Duchess,” who recorded the smallest offenses in a little…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gillian-flynn/given-my-druthers-now-i-d-prefer-a-snapshot-of-warren-harding-s-wife/) [Gillian Flynn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gillian-flynn/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2ab/gillian-flynn-316_duchess_given-my-druthers-now-i-d-prefer-a-snaps_81156.jpg) > [“Iris tasted of red wine- the red wine she must have drunk at dinner- and all the reasons he shouldn't do this…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elizabeth-hoyt/iris-tasted-of-red-wine-the-red-wine-she-must-have-drunk-at-dinner/) [Elizabeth Hoyt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elizabeth-hoyt/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/824/elizabeth-hoyt-1675_beast-within_iris-tasted-of-red-wine-the-red-wine-she_146122.jpg) > [“Raphael lifted his good hand- it felt uncommonly heavy- and stirred a finger through the jewels until he found the ring. His…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elizabeth-hoyt/raphael-lifted-his-good-hand-it-felt-uncommonly-heavy-and-stirred-a/) [Elizabeth Hoyt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elizabeth-hoyt/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/209/elizabeth-hoyt-1675_iris-and-raphael_raphael-lifted-his-good-hand-it-felt-unc_790537.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/wife-duchess/#itemlist", "name": "Wife Duchess Quotes", "numberOfItems": 3, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“Given my druthers now, I’d prefer a snapshot of Warren Harding’s wife, “the Duchess,” who recorded the smallest offenses in a little red notebook and avenged herself accordingly. Today I like my first ladies with a little bite. I”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Gillian Flynn" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gillian-flynn/given-my-druthers-now-i-d-prefer-a-snapshot-of-warren-harding-s-wife/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2ab/gillian-flynn-316_duchess_given-my-druthers-now-i-d-prefer-a-snaps_81156.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2ab/gillian-flynn-316_duchess_given-my-druthers-now-i-d-prefer-a-snaps_81156.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2ab/gillian-flynn-316_duchess_given-my-druthers-now-i-d-prefer-a-snaps_81156.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Given my druthers now, I’d prefer a snapshot of Warren Harding’s wife, “the Duchess,” who recorded the…” — Gillian Flynn", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“Iris tasted of red wine- the red wine she must have drunk at dinner- and all the reasons he shouldn't do this fled his mind. A vital chain broke in his psyche and everything he'd held back, everything he'd restrained with all his might, was suddenly set free. He surged into her mouth, desperate for the feel, for the taste of her, his wife, his duchess, his Iris. She was soft and sweet and warm and he wanted to devour her. To seize her and hold her and never let her go. The deep unfathomable well of his urges toward her frightened him, and he knew that if she became aware of them, they would frighten her as well. But that was the thing- she 'wasn't' aware of them. She thought she was simply consummating their marriage or some such rot, God help them both. She gripped his naked arms and the beast within him shuddered and stretched, claws scraping against the ground. 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His hand trembled as he lifted the ring from the box. \"Lock it again and give the key ring to Her Excellency.\" Nicoletta pursed her lips but did as he said. His duchess merely looked bewildered on being handed a key to a treasure box. \"It is yours now,\" he said, his voice... Something was wrong with his breath. He gasped. \"As my wife. As my duchess. This is yours as well.\" He took her hand- so warm in his- and placed the heavy-chained ring on her finger. It wouldn't fit her ring finger- his mother had been a fragile creature with very thin hands. Instead he pushed it onto the smallest finger of her right hand. The sight of it there, glowing gold, the central round ruby burnished with the years it had guarded his mother's family, satisfied something within him. His hand dropped to the bed like lead weights. \"Protect her,\" he whispered to Ubertino as the room darkened. Someone was weeping. Nicoletta? \"Promise me. 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