Quotes from Noorilhuda, The Governess

My disadvantages will tire him as they would any reasonable man of small expectations." - Jane Adams

It was clear that the house was run on a certain system, of either great pomposity or great denial - it was too early for her to make up her mind about which one it was.

There was no need to analyze the feelings that the people caught in the commission of the amorous act, held for each other, for it was literally written in their hands.

He had accessorized his life with everything but paternal instinct.

One is only as good as one is useful.

Hope is the damnedest of all feckless emotions.