Sublime

um homem mais velho e estabelecido, mesmo o mais benevolente dos patriarcas, invariavelmente exercia poder sobre a mulher menos estabelecida e menos poderosa.

“Granted. But Kathleen isn’t suited to the role of drab little widow. She has too much spirit. It’s why she was attracted to a Ravenel in the first place.”

FDR agreed never to see Lucy again—that was Eleanor’s price for reconciliation—and with Louis Howe’s help the two stitched together one of the most remarkable partnerships the world has ever known.

“Harry. You’re not supposed to court a girl by telling her you’re the villain.” He gave her an innocent glance that didn’t deceive her in the least. “I’m trying to be honest.”

As a historian, I was not surprised that Bridget’s fiercest enemies in 1692 had been her onetime friends.

Não há amor sem justiça.

‘I should not wish to have a husband very near my own age,’ said Dorothea, with grave decision. ‘I should wish to have a husband who was above me in judgment and in all knowledge.’ Mr Brooke repeated his subdued, ‘Ah? – I thought you had more of your own opinion than most girls. I thought you liked your own opinion – liked it, you know.’ ‘I cannot

story to paint womankind as “second in creation, and first to sin.” That tagline brands our culture—it’s our DNA, it informs our daily lives, it lives in our bodies.