Lady Julia Grey Quotes

“Something had shifted between us, faintly, but the change was almost palpable. Our friendship had sat lightly between us, an ephemeral thing, without weight or gravity. Once, in the Boboli Gardens, under the shadow of a cypress tree on an achingly beautiful October afternoon, he had kissed me, a solemnly sweet and respectful kiss. But weeks had passed and we had not spoken of it. I had attributed it to the sunlight, shimmering gold like Danaë's shower, and had pressed it into the scrapbook of memory, to be taken out and admired now and then, but not to be dwelled upon too seriously. Perhaps I had been mistaken.”
― Deanna Raybourn, Silent in the Sanctuary

“Julia Grey, I would rather see you hanged than watch any sister of mine go haring off after a man who will not have her," my brother Bellmont raged.”
― Deanna Raybourn, Silent on the Moor

“God was seldom discussed in our family except in a very distant sort of way, rather like our cousins in Canada.”
― Deanna Raybourn, Silent on the Moor

“Earnshaw is quite a famous name, thanks to Miss Brontë . I did not realise there were Earnshaws in this country."

Mrs. Earnshaw gave a sharp nod. "Aye. And Heathcliffs and Eyres, as well. Proper little thieves, those Brontë girls.”
― Deanna Raybourn, Silent on the Moor

“We topped a rise just then, and the moor stretched out ahead of us, silvery-white and rustling, like a wide ghostly sea. In the distance lay Grimsgrave Hall, black and hulking as a ship adrift on moonlit waves.”
― Deanna Raybourn, Silent on the Moor

“Of course, I did not realize it at the time, but it was to be nothing like a year before I came home again. I did not know when I would see Brisbane again, but I knew that I would. Someday.

And indeed I did. That is when we found the body in the chapel. But that is a tale for another time.”
― deanna raybourn, Silent in the Grave

“There are few greater pleasures in life than a devoted butler.”
― Deanna Raybourn, Silent in the Sanctuary

“The days are very alike here, the hours of darkness long and bleak, and I am a stranger to myself.”
― Deanna Raybourn, Silent on the Moor

“They sold the furniture. There is nothing to sit upon and no table to set, so it is the kitchen for you, my girl. Pretend you are at Wuthering Heights. Everyone there ate in the kitchen.”
― Deanna Raybourn, Silent on the Moor

“Brisbane, if you wish to go about looking like Heathcliff that is your affair.”
― Deanna Raybourn, Silent on the Moor