Quotes About Legacy

I don't want to fade away, I want to flame away - I want my death to be an attraction, a spectacle, a mystery. A work of art.

The story of my family. . .changes with the teller.

I hope that when I'm 80 years old, people will still be talking about my wedding.

That the good that we do might live on after us, while the evil lies interred with their bones.

He left you the fortune, Avery, and all he left us is you.

I wasn't delusional. I wasn't dreaming. I was an heiress.

Allow me to get this straight," Zara said, staring past Jameson and straight to me. "You, to whom my father left virtually everything, want the one and only thing he left to me?

They'd been sculpted by Tobias Hawthorne, formed and forged by the billionaire's hands. They were extraordinary, and for the first time in their lives, they weren't living under the weight of his expectations.

Tell her," I said, "that I am my mother's daughter.

Your grandfather was a piece of work," I told Xander. He picked up a fourth scone. "I agree. In his honor, I eat this scone." He did just that.

Skye set her glass down. "Don't you dare rewrite history. What do you think it was like for me? Son after son—and every single one of you preferred my father.

Toby hadn't written a message on the wall of his bedroom. He'd written tens of thousands of words across all the walls in the suite. Toby Hawthorne had kept a diary. His whole life was documented on the walls of his wing of Hawthorne House. He couldn't have been more than seven or eight when he'd started writing.

She sought Sheffield Grayson out, Avery. The man blamed our family for his nephew's death. He slept with her out of spite. God knows why Skye did it, but I was the result.

Tobias Hawthorne. Even dead, he was larger than life.

was never enough for him. Toby was his favorite, then Skye. I was last, no matter what I did. That was never going to change. He left his fortune to a total stranger rather than leaving it to me. What else could I possibly need to know?

Had the old man told his wife that their son was still alive? Had he known—or even suspected—the truth back when this will was written?

Mr. Hawthorne signed a document reaffirming his will yearly," Alisa told me. "He never changed it, until you." Until me. My entire body tingled, just thinking about it. "How long ago was that?" I asked. "Last year." What could have happened to make Tobias Hawthorne decide that instead of leaving his entire fortune to charity, he was going to leave it to me? Maybe he knew my mother. Maybe he knew she died. Maybe he was sorry.

The Rooney girl never even should have been there!" Sheffield exploded. "She was a criminal. Her parents? Criminals. Cousins, grandparents, aunts, and uncles? Criminals.

I could understand why my mother's mother had called Tobias Hawthorne's fortune blood money. Had he left it to me in part out of guilt?

I this was what it meant to be a Hawthorne.

Do you know why Jameson was daddys favorite when by all rights it should have been perfect, dutiful Grayson?" "It wasn't because my Jamie is brilliant or beautiful or charismatic. It was because Jameson Winchester Hawthorne is hungry.

I leave to Avery Kylie Grambs.

Everything is something in Hawthorne House.

We wachten wel tot u klaar bent met bidden,' antwoordde ik op een toon die mijn nederigheid moest overbrengen - of dat in elk geval proberen. 'Met bidden?' gromde Nan. 'Met onze Schepper eens goed de waarheid te vertellen, bedoel je.' 'Mijn grootvader heeft deze kapel gebouwd zodat Nan ergens tegen God kon schreeuwen,' zei Jameson tegen me.