The implied trust was humbling. He didn't deserve it, but then again, he wouldn't betray it either.

~ Emma Wildes

Emma Wildes Betrayals Deserve Humbling Trust

The most impoverished peasant can be delighted by the opening of the first spring flower, and the most wealthy aristocrat can curse the day he was born because of some petty offense to his sensibilities. She is a very wise woman. To achieve serenity we have to view life not as it is measured by the world around us but as we ourselves measure it. We must accept that the scales are not at all equal.

~ Emma Wildes

Emma Wildes Poor Rich Social Classes Wealth

Actually, Elizabeth realized, when he laughed like that, he did look quite handsome. His dark brown hair and his eyes, so light a brown as to seem almost gold in color, were not quite as nondescript as she'd once thought. Maybe the giggling young ingenues weren't completely daft. Despite his maddening tendencies to be deliberately obtuse and tease her relentlessly, he had a certain charisma.

~ Emma Wildes

Emma Wildes Charisma First Handsome Laugh Nondescript Second Second Glance