Raison d'etre Quote by Adele Parks

“She followed the people who were massing, kept apace past the tobacconist’s shop, the bootmaker, the pawnbroker. But as the crowd thickened, the bell…

— Kate Morton

“She was an afterthought, little Martha. She was treated the way many families treated pet dogs - she had to be fed and cleaned…

— Kelsey Brickl

“While the women talked, he did what he often did in the presence of people he didn’t particularly like; he began planning Martha Q’s…

— Jodi Thomas

“Tell me the tears on Eliza’s face have nothing to do with something foolish you’ve done.” Thomas jerked as if repulsed by the very…

— Amber Lynn Perry

“She would not stand here and be punished like a schoolgirl. She whirled away from him and walked in the direction of the house.…

— Amber Lynn Perry

“Honoria couldn’t help but watch her make her way over to Daisy, and Mr. Bridgerton said, “Don’t worry, she’s mostly harmless.” “My cousin Daisy?”…

— Julia Quinn

“Eliza Mirk is barely a footnote in anyone's life. Including mine.”

— Francesca Zappia

“Cornered, she seemed to possess no mechanism for behaving well. By the same token, when not trapped or obliged to confront people or situations…

— Caroline Moorehead

“Eliza, stop crying, You let sorrow take over you; you will drown in it”

— Solomon Northup

“What she wanted was to donate to the world a good Maud Martha. That was the offering, the bit of art, that could not…

— Gwendolyn Brooks

“It is the discrepancy between the promise implicit in his touch and his daily interactions with her that generates so much confusion and ambivalence…

— Marcy Sheiner

“Again Katie Ann wondered which was worse—that Martha was mad at her for not telling her about the letter, or that she was about…

— Beth Wiseman