“You may suppose that perhaps this Walter T. Wallace found his destiny in food and passed down to his progeny a legacy… — Gwenn Wright Copy Share Image
“They had pulled me from the hemorrhaging, dying body of my mother and turned me over to the care of the man… — Gwenn Wright Copy Share Image
“And Mother, I love her dearly, but she flies into a panic whenever I mention women’s rights. As she sees it, it… — Gwenn Wright Copy Share Image
“Katherine stared intently at the cold, hard steel. She knew it would be loaded and that, if need be, there was extra… — Gwenn Wright Copy Share Image
“A smile is hidden beneath the mustache, it crinkles the corners of his hooded eyes. “I didn’t. I have other business in… — Gwenn Wright Copy Share Image
“Wicked eyes are not a good prospect for seminary boys. They want a gentle, soft sort of wife, not a wife who… — Gwenn Wright Copy Share Image
“My life is hard. No one would rob me of that. The clothes I am wearing came out of a knotted up… — Gwenn Wright Copy Share Image
“I came from across the ocean and through the wilderness and landed here and found you hiding behind a tapestry. My fate… — Gwenn Wright Copy Share Image
“My dear lady, you have no idea just how scandalous I can be. ~Peter Viktor von Strassenberg, 1905” — Gwenn Wright Copy Share Image
“A glance would not be enough to tell you this was the daughter of Katherine Raquel Demure. Even a lingering gaze would… — Gwenn Wright Copy Share Image
“Another tug and a yank at my chestnut curls and she snarls at me, “You are so much like her.” This is… — Gwenn Wright Copy Share Image
“It seemed to me that Mr. Forrester would approve of a woman who could follow him in conversation and not be baffled… — Gwenn Wright Copy Share Image
“Kevin looks at me and I know he isn’t seeing the little girl I use to be, all pigtails and gangly limbs.… — Gwenn Wright Copy Share Image
“She says it is a school for bluestockings which, according to her, is really only a fashionable way of saying it is… — Gwenn Wright Copy Share Image
“Are you all right,” he whispered, his lips brushing the tips of my spiky hair. Granted, I knew he was only being… — Gwenn Wright Copy Share Image
“Maybe love, unfathomable love, was too much for people, so they had traded it for something easier.” — Gwenn Wright Copy Share Image
“Oil and Water, Daddy calls us. At four years younger than me, Katie is only fourteen and she already has half the… — Gwenn Wright Copy Share Image
“I can see how your mother would have a point. Having a debate with a politically minded woman can be intriguing and… — Gwenn Wright Copy Share Image
“Whatever happened in those more than one hundred years, from the time my great-great-great grandfather studied law to the time when my own father… — Gwenn Wright Copy Share Image
“I had turned to leave and he had called after me. “Miss Maria, I kin no other woman who could be wearing men’s trousers… — Gwenn Wright Copy Share Image
“Liza took her time sipping her tea. “That’s what I hear Janet. Of course, living it up can take years off your life and… — Gwenn Wright Copy Share Image
“I just want to make sure Mama. Sometimes I don’t even know what I want. A lot of times I’m just tired.” Mama reached… — Gwenn Wright Copy Share Image
“My heart, for unknown reasons, seems to freeze in motion in my chest. I can see he senses it and he holds his pause… — Gwenn Wright Copy Share Image
“You may suppose that perhaps this Walter T. Wallace found his destiny in food and passed down to his progeny a legacy like that… — Gwenn Wright Copy Share Image
“You can cower,” she told them in a clear voice, wrapping her long shaking fingers around the cold iron bars. “But I will stand.” — Gwenn Wright Copy Share Image
“They had pulled me from the hemorrhaging, dying body of my mother and turned me over to the care of the man who was… — Gwenn Wright Copy Share Image
“The image of him shifted with the violent frenzy of leaves. He was there and he wasn’t, as the leaves whipped and the lightning… — Gwenn Wright Copy Share Image
“He speaks in that strange sports talk, telling me about the start of the new season and asks if I follow baseball. No. I… — Gwenn Wright Copy Share Image
“It was just like in her books, but better, amplified, because it was her heart and her breath and it was real.” — Gwenn Wright Copy Share Image
“And Mother, I love her dearly, but she flies into a panic whenever I mention women’s rights. As she sees it, it will be… — Gwenn Wright Copy Share Image
