"The Miniaturist" Quotes
In 17th century Amsterdam, a young bride receives a mysterious dollhouse that seems to predict the future in "The Miniaturist" by Jessie Burton.
historical fiction | 400 pages | Published in NaN
Quotes
Every woman is the architect of her own fortune.
Seeing the world and not being seen in return makes you feel like an oddity, a shadow.
It is easy to believe that you are the center of the world, and that everything is directed at you.
Secrets have a destructive power, and it’s only a matter of time before you find yourself at their mercy.
No one knows more than a woman in love.
The only thing more powerful than a secret is the person who keeps it.
The things that make you strange are the things that make you powerful.
The human heart is a dark forest.
To be silent is not to be dead; it's to be both present and not present, to be the shadow in the sun.
All is as I left it, and I am as I left myself.
