Quotes from Daisy Goodwin

Duets are not about individual skill but about the relationship between the two players.

anyone can acquire wealth, the real art is giving it away.

i know that i am young, but i am ready for the great responsibility that lies before me.

when I see you here amidst all this, I realise that I proposed to a very small part of you. I thought I was giving you a home and a position, but here I see that I am taking you away from so much.

Duets are not about individual skill but about the relationship between the two players.

there is nothing wrong in talking quietly; it only makes people listen harder.

I was waiting at table tonight, on account of it being such a big party, and just as I was coming round with the savoury, one of the ladies went and broke her necklace by fidgeting with it at the ta ble. She thought she picked 'em all up but this one rolled under my foot and I stood on it tight until all the ladies went upstairs. I wanted to give it to you. You're a black pearl, Bertha, that's what you are and it's only right that you should have it.

I told you, you're my black pearl. When i first set eyes on you in the servant's hall I thought you were the most beautiful thing I had ever seen in my life.

She longed for a letter that was for her and her alone, a letter which would give her some glimpse into his heart.

i am referred to as Alexandrina Victoria. But i do not like the name Alexandrina. From now on i wish to be called Victoria.

Is that all I have to look forward to? Comfort? I think I should prefer to be happy." "As you grow older, there is a lot to be said for being comfortable, ma'am. But I don't expect you to believe me. When I was your age I too wanted to be happy.

She knew that people generally behaved only as well as they had to.

The English were infuriating. Everything was designed to put an outsider at a disadvantage. If you had to ask, you didn't belong.

Happiness is a talent.

But a man will only make you happy for a while, while a skill, an occupation – learning something – will always satisfy you.

In the end to add to the sum of human knowledge is the only thing a man can be truly proud of.

It's perplexing that Victoria's reign is commonly thought of as prudish when the Queen herself took such pleasure in sex.

Men are all very well, and a good husband can be enormously useful, but women like us need something to do.

Moderation He that holds fast the golden mean, And lives contentedly between The little and the great, Feels not the wants that pinch the poor, Nor plagues that haunt the rich man's door Embittering all his state Horace, from Odes, Book II, translated by William Cowper

You do want to see him, but at the same time you don't. He attracts and repels you equally.

the postal official, said, 'Pray continue, Mr Hill.' Hill took a deep breath. 'In answer to your question, Ma'am, as to why the postage should cost the same no matter the distance travelled, I say this: should a girl in Edinburgh writing to her sweetheart in London pay more than the one who lives in Ealing? Should the merchant in Manchester pay more to write to

But you must remember that they are Viennese and nobody is good enough for the Viennese.

Charles Dickens collaborated with the heiress and philanthropist Angela Burdett-Coutts to set up a 'Magdalen House' to train prostitutes in other trades to prepare them for a new life in Australia.

Bay followed and put a hand on her arm. 'But Miss Baird, Charlotte, am I right to feel lucky that I have met you?' Charlotte smiled. 'I think we both might be lucky, don't you?