A Bride In The Bargain Quotes
"You’re a suffragist?" He curled his lip. "Mercer brought me a suffragist?"
"I participated in the Land Grant Act and was awarded six hundred forty acres."
"I’m going to lose my land if I don’t get married."
"I won’t press you for conjugal rights. I have a large home. You’ll have your own room."
"We get to pick our own names when we’re old enough."
"I’m sorry, Mr. Denton," she said, gently withdrawing her hand from his. "I’m afraid I can’t help you."
"I did, but the courthouse that held her death certificate burned down, destroying all its records."
"I don’t have anything against the actual gender."
"I’ve known Anna for four days. You’ve only sat at her table once."
"I hadn’t expected the men to do my chores, but I’m very thankful."
"I want everybody washing up before meals from now on. Everybody."
"You won’t be scared to be all by yourself and me out of calling distance, will you?"
"Don’t worry about cooking breakfast in the morning. You just get some rest."
"If we were married, I’d stay and protect you."
"Thank you for your kind offer, but I must respectfully decline."
"You are a berry kind man, Mr. Denton, but I’m afraid I can’t marry you."
"I looked high and low all day, then ran in to Mrs. Evers a few moments ago. She said Leon rode out of town with Daniel August. They were heading to Amherst to sign up."
"Your father hath consented that you shall be my wife; your dowry ’greed on. And, will you, nill you, I will marry you."
"If you make a big fuss, everybody will know you’re in love with him."
"But if you and Leon are good, then God will take care of me and bring me home safely."
"That man has a head injury and you boys are throwing him around like some log you plan to send down the chute. That’s what’s the matter."
"Quit harping about Bertha. Accepting my proposal was just as calculated on her part as it was on mine."
"This is all your fault. I was depending on you. Your father was depending on you."
"You’ve killed him, Anna. And you’ve killed me, too. I’ll never forgive you for this."
"I will attend her here, and woo her with some spirit when she comes. Say that she rail; why then I’ll tell her plain she sings as sweetly as a nightingale."
"What’s the matter? What’s the matter? That man has a head injury and you boys are throwing him around like some log you plan to send down the chute."
"Where your treasure is, there will your heart be also." - Matthew 6:21
"The kingdom of heaven is like a merchant seeking fine pearls, and upon finding one pearl of great value, he went and sold all that he had and bought it." - Matthew 13:45–46
"I want both, Lord. Anna and my land. Is that so much to ask?"
"I have no regrets, Anna. How could I, when I have you?"
"Breathing grew difficult. Not like when she had an episode, but like when he kissed her. Really kissed her."
"Have I ever told you I love the way you smell?"
"It was my mother’s. I’ve gone without many a meal rather than sell it. It was all I had."
"This gown is lovely, little robin, but there are some items of clothing I have wondered about and wanted to see for a long, long time."
"I’ve never seen anything so glorious in my life."
"I’m afraid you will have to give up any aspirations you have of becoming a doctor’s assistant. But as for your illness, so long as you stay away from chloroform, I think you will find your coughs, headaches, and breathing difficulties will all but disappear."
"She wasn’t a long way from home. She was already home. And there was no place she’d rather be."