Menfreya in the Morning Quotes

“The more I disliked myself the more wretched I grew. The difference now was that this mood did not manifest itself in sullen silence; I merely made use of my barbed tongue to wound them and spoil their pleasure.”
― Victoria Holt, Menfreya in the Morning

“He had all the most charming and irresistible gestures that a girl deeply in love looks for and who refuses to tell herself that they may have been acquired through long practice.”
― Victoria Holt, Menfreya in the Morning

“You always look as though you think people aren't going to like you--that's your trouble.”
― Victoria Holt, Menfreya in the Morning

“I was excited because getting to know oneself was exciting. I was beginning to believe that I had the power to influence my own personality.”
― Victoria Holt, Menfreya in the Morning

“It has always astonished me how changes come into one's life. The gradual change becomes acceptable, but sudden shock, presenting itself without warning to shatter the existence so completely that nothing will ever be the same again, makes me uneasily aware of the perpetual uncertainties of life.”
― Victoria Holt, Menfreya in the Morning