A Winter's Promise - Christelle Dabos

A Winter's Promise p.24

"It's not this man who's coming to live on Anima, it's me who's got to follow him to the pole"

I truly wonder if this is a good or bad thing.

p.18

"...light of day filtering through the curtains; the rustling of carefully turned pages; the smell of coffee and, underlying it, the naphtha whiff of a gas lamp."

I know a nerd when I smell one

pg. 48

"Tomorrow she wouldn't open her museum, as she did every morning. Tomorrow she would depend forever on a man whose name she would end up sharing."

pg. 74

"Artemis knew nothing of her past; she lived in an eternal present...For the family, she was there, she had always been there, she would always be there."

pg. 62

"Taken aback, Ophelia realized that this man was also getting married against his will"

pg. 84

"She wouldn't say goodbye to them. She would never see them grow up."

This realisation hit like a bullet. Wounded and helpless.

pg. 89

"Here, before you, I predict that your husband's will is going to shatter against yours."

I'm excited to see where this is going.

pg. 105

"Ophelia decided he was definitely much too tall for her."

I can only nod in agreement (And empathise with the deep sorrow of being vertically challenged as well)

pg. 114

"Delirious, Ophelia plunged her feet into the footprints he'd left in his wake, tracking him up to the threshold of the house."

pg. 210

"So she wasn't imagining it--this man really was trying to engage in conversation"

These two are so funny I can't.

pg. 233

", but, as I hope you will have noticed, I do try to counter my nature."

OH MY GOODNESS, A MAN WILLING TO CHANGE!

That's why I love myself a fictional man :>

pg. 236

"I don't show it to you very well, but your fate is of real concern to me. If the slightest offence is committed against you..."

Hehe, what a tease. Ya'll what is happening :D