The Winter Bride Quotes

“I could still box your ears.”
“Nonsense,” he scoffed. “You couldn’t reach that high.”
― Anne Gracie, The Winter Bride

“Family can hurt you much more than outsiders can.”
― Anne Gracie, The Winter Bride

“You know your fear is both false and illogical, but you fear it anyway.”
― Anne Gracie, The Winter Bride

“Nanny McBride,” she said with a straight face. His old nanny. His eyes flew open. “Nanny McBride?” “I’m sure she’d be much better than I am at administering a good whipping. Yes, I can just see Nanny McBride in a red French corset with black lace—” “Stop!” he roared. He shuddered. “That’s an image that’s going to stick in my mind forever. Horrible.”
― Anne Gracie, The Winter Bride

“Because the forgiven one was always in the wrong. Forgiven didn’t mean forgotten.”
― Anne Gracie, The Winter Bride

“They’d be complaining about having to walk, and screeching at me to ‘do something, Freddy, do something!’”
“But what could you do?” she said, puzzled.
“Carry them, probably.” He gave her a hopeful look. “Do you want me to carry you?”
― Anne Gracie, The Winter Bride

“I was taught to show respect to old people,” she said sweetly, adding, “no matter how little they may deserve it.”
― Anne Gracie, The Winter Bride

“She couldn’t help but laugh at his wicked, mock-schoolboy eagerness. “You, Mr. Monkton-Coombes, are a shocking flirt.” He gave her a wounded look. “Nonsense! I’m a very good flirt, some would even say excellent, though modesty prevents me from saying so.”
― Anne Gracie, The Winter Bride

“What kind of parents are you? You lost one son, but you threw the other away.”
― Anne Gracie, The Winter Bride

“Our fears are not always reasonable,”
― Anne Gracie, The Winter Bride

“You got nobody in this life to look out for you except yourself.”
― Anne Gracie, The Winter Bride