“One of my professors once told me that the last official act of the British monarchy was when Queen Victoria refused to sign a law that made same-sex acts illegal. It would have made me think more highly of her, except the reason she objected was because she didn’t believe women would do anything like that. Parliament rewrote the law so it was specific to men, and she signed it. A tribute to enlightenment, Queen Victoria was not. Neither, as I have observed before, are werewolf packs. ”
―
Patricia Briggs,
Moon Called
“One woman couldn’t change the world. She could just make small parts of it better.” ― Victoria Thompson, Murder on Astor Place
“Yet sometimes the world judges females by a different standard and seeks to punish them unjustly.” ― Victoria Thompson, Murder in Murray Hill
“I want to know why you don’t like me, Malloy. I like you, even if you do hit people.”He sighed. “I never said I didn’t like you, Mrs. Brandt.”Reasonable again. She wanted to smack him. “And why don’t you ever call me Sarah? You think I’m beautiful, but you never call me Sarah.”He muttered something she didn’t understand.“You do think I’m beautiful,” she insisted. “You said so!”“Yes, I do,” he said grudgingly. “And I do like you, Sarah. Now let’s talk about something else, because you’re going to be very embarrassed if you remember any of this conversation tomorrow.” ― Victoria Thompson, Murder on Washington Square
“Did you take a vow of poverty or something?""This is a housedress, Malloy," she said, indignant again. "I was cleaning when you came. I gave my other clothes away because I got some new ones. From my mother.""Did your mother take a vow of poverty?” ― Victoria Thompson, Murder on Mulberry Bend
“And I still want to know why you hit that man in front of me. You wanted me to see it, didn’t you?”“Why would I want you to see it?”Sarah was getting very annoyed with him. He usually wasn’t this dense. “Because you wanted me to think badly of you, and I demand to know why!”“You do, do you?” he said in a very odd tone.“Yes, I do, and I’m not getting out of this cab until you tell me!”“I don’t want to tell you.”“Then what do you want?”She knew he was looking at her, although she doubted he could see very much in the darkness. “I want to show you,” he said.” ― Victoria Thompson, Murder on Washington Square
“Churches are full of sinners, not saints,” ― Victoria Thompson, Murder on Lenox Hill
“Was that all it took?""What?" she asked, completely bewildered."To shut you up," he clarified with a definite grin this time. "All it took was agreeing with you."She glared at him. "If you'd ever tried agreeing with me before, you'd have known that," she snapped."I had to wait until you were right about something," he replied, then hurried to open the door before she could smack him, which she dearly wanted to do.” ― Victoria Thompson, Murder on Waverly Place
“Try not to dwell on what you might have done differently. You cannot change the past, and it only spoils the future.” ― Victoria Thompson, Murder in Chelsea
“Influenza. Remember, Elizabeth, I had it back in the spring? A lot of other people did, too. It wasn’t too bad, although I do hate to be sick, but it’s back now, with a vengeance.” ― Victoria Thompson, City of Scoundrels
“Wooten, for any reason, you would have a difficult time even bringing” ― Victoria Thompson, Murder on Lexington Avenue
“Historian Dorothy Thompson has pointed out the double standard at work here. A king's having a mistress was regrettable, but ultimately acceptable. The possibility, though, of a female ruler having a sexual relationship outside of marriage, causes dismay and prurient ridicule.” ― Lucy Worsley, Queen Victoria: Daughter, Wife, Mother, Widow
“Women don’t vote, so they don’t have to pay attention to what we want. If we could vote, though, they’d have to pay attention, and they’d have to pass the laws we want.” ― Victoria Thompson, City of Lies
“Why did people think having a job was such a great thing? No matter how much fun you had the night before, you still had to get up early, get shaved and dressed, and go to some business where people expected you to be pleasant and do some work.” ― Victoria Thompson, City of Shadows
“The dead woman was Sarah Brandt.” ― Victoria Thompson, Murder on Mulberry Bend
“It wasn’t Sarah. Sarah wasn’t dead.” ― Victoria Thompson, Murder on Mulberry Bend
“One of my professors once told me that the last official act of the British monarchy was when Queen Victoria refused to sign a law that made same-sex acts illegal. It would have made me think more highly of her, except the reason she objected was because she didn’t believe women would do anything like that. Parliament rewrote the law so it was specific to men, and she signed it. A tribute to enlightenment, Queen Victoria was not.” ― Patricia Briggs, Moon Called
“The Checkered Game of Life was a real game, invented by a young draftsman named Milton Bradley in 1860. Checkered referred both to the board, which was patterned like a checkerboard, and also to the checkered way life sometimes goes. No dice were included because of their connection to gambling and because” ― Victoria Thompson, Murder on Trinity Place
“Lonely people could make terrible mistakes if they weren’t careful. She’d been careful for too long to risk it now.” ― Victoria Thompson, Murder on Mulberry Bend
“One woman couldn’t change the world. She could just make small parts of it better.” ― Victoria Thompson, Murder on Astor Place
“Yet sometimes the world judges females by a different standard and seeks to punish them unjustly.” ― Victoria Thompson, Murder in Murray Hill
“I want to know why you don’t like me, Malloy. I like you, even if you do hit people.”He sighed. “I never said I didn’t like you, Mrs. Brandt.”Reasonable again. She wanted to smack him. “And why don’t you ever call me Sarah? You think I’m beautiful, but you never call me Sarah.”He muttered something she didn’t understand.“You do think I’m beautiful,” she insisted. “You said so!”“Yes, I do,” he said grudgingly. “And I do like you, Sarah. Now let’s talk about something else, because you’re going to be very embarrassed if you remember any of this conversation tomorrow.” ― Victoria Thompson, Murder on Washington Square
“Did you take a vow of poverty or something?""This is a housedress, Malloy," she said, indignant again. "I was cleaning when you came. I gave my other clothes away because I got some new ones. From my mother.""Did your mother take a vow of poverty?” ― Victoria Thompson, Murder on Mulberry Bend
“And I still want to know why you hit that man in front of me. You wanted me to see it, didn’t you?”“Why would I want you to see it?”Sarah was getting very annoyed with him. He usually wasn’t this dense. “Because you wanted me to think badly of you, and I demand to know why!”“You do, do you?” he said in a very odd tone.“Yes, I do, and I’m not getting out of this cab until you tell me!”“I don’t want to tell you.”“Then what do you want?”She knew he was looking at her, although she doubted he could see very much in the darkness. “I want to show you,” he said.” ― Victoria Thompson, Murder on Washington Square
“Churches are full of sinners, not saints,” ― Victoria Thompson, Murder on Lenox Hill
“Was that all it took?""What?" she asked, completely bewildered."To shut you up," he clarified with a definite grin this time. "All it took was agreeing with you."She glared at him. "If you'd ever tried agreeing with me before, you'd have known that," she snapped."I had to wait until you were right about something," he replied, then hurried to open the door before she could smack him, which she dearly wanted to do.” ― Victoria Thompson, Murder on Waverly Place
“Try not to dwell on what you might have done differently. You cannot change the past, and it only spoils the future.” ― Victoria Thompson, Murder in Chelsea
“Influenza. Remember, Elizabeth, I had it back in the spring? A lot of other people did, too. It wasn’t too bad, although I do hate to be sick, but it’s back now, with a vengeance.” ― Victoria Thompson, City of Scoundrels
“Wooten, for any reason, you would have a difficult time even bringing” ― Victoria Thompson, Murder on Lexington Avenue
“Historian Dorothy Thompson has pointed out the double standard at work here. A king's having a mistress was regrettable, but ultimately acceptable. The possibility, though, of a female ruler having a sexual relationship outside of marriage, causes dismay and prurient ridicule.” ― Lucy Worsley, Queen Victoria: Daughter, Wife, Mother, Widow
“Women don’t vote, so they don’t have to pay attention to what we want. If we could vote, though, they’d have to pay attention, and they’d have to pass the laws we want.” ― Victoria Thompson, City of Lies
“Why did people think having a job was such a great thing? No matter how much fun you had the night before, you still had to get up early, get shaved and dressed, and go to some business where people expected you to be pleasant and do some work.” ― Victoria Thompson, City of Shadows
“The dead woman was Sarah Brandt.” ― Victoria Thompson, Murder on Mulberry Bend
“It wasn’t Sarah. Sarah wasn’t dead.” ― Victoria Thompson, Murder on Mulberry Bend
“One of my professors once told me that the last official act of the British monarchy was when Queen Victoria refused to sign a law that made same-sex acts illegal. It would have made me think more highly of her, except the reason she objected was because she didn’t believe women would do anything like that. Parliament rewrote the law so it was specific to men, and she signed it. A tribute to enlightenment, Queen Victoria was not.” ― Patricia Briggs, Moon Called
“The Checkered Game of Life was a real game, invented by a young draftsman named Milton Bradley in 1860. Checkered referred both to the board, which was patterned like a checkerboard, and also to the checkered way life sometimes goes. No dice were included because of their connection to gambling and because” ― Victoria Thompson, Murder on Trinity Place
“Lonely people could make terrible mistakes if they weren’t careful. She’d been careful for too long to risk it now.” ― Victoria Thompson, Murder on Mulberry Bend
