The Artificial Wife Quotes

“You like to live vicariously. An armchair voyeur.”
― Rachael Eyre, The Artificial Wife

“We're like those dolls in music boxes, dancing when he turns the key ... Though what happens when the doll breaks or the clockwork gets stuck?”
― Rachael Eyre, The Artificial Wife

“Then - nothing. Or everything. Their lives were what they made of them. What else is there?”
― Rachael Eyre, The Artificial Wife

“All through that night I learned what proper love making, not sex, meant. It was a mutual voyage of discovery, a constant dialogue. Kissing, whispering, touching and tasting- that was only part of it. The true meaning lay in Elle's tenderness and courtesy, the longing in her eyes as I climbed up her body.”
― Rachael Eyre, The Artificial Wife

“There's no use denying it, there is an us. There was an us from the very beginning, when she came to the attic door and asked if I was okay. I loved her before I even saw her.”
― Rachael Eyre, The Artificial Wife

“The truth is, she is my secret treasure. I don't want to think of her out in the world, other men laying their grubby eyes and thoughts on her. Whatever happens, I know she is safe, my princess in the tower. Waiting for me.”
― Rachael Eyre, The Artificial Wife