"Affinity" Quotes
A woman becomes entangled in the lives of prisoners while volunteering at a Victorian prison, leading to a complex and mysterious relationship.
historical fiction | 352 pages | Published in NaN
Quotes
Sometimes I think there are two kinds of men in this world, the kind who have a taste for the monstrous, and the kind who don't.
She'd wanted a life of meaning, of ideas; she had not wanted to be a woman of leisure.
There are things that happen in the world that are bad, and you want to do something about them.
She was infinitely touched by the tenderness of his grief.
Why are women always the ones who have to suffer?
To do nothing, to say nothing, is to be nothing.
The truth is always the truth, and not a thing to be misconstrued.
It was a mistake to think you could improve on nature.
There was something about her that made me want to know her; there was something about her that made me want to be her.
Lovers, I think, are just like the dead. You can't see them, but you can feel they're there.
