The Chocolate Maker's Wife
Karen Brooks
Top 10 Best Quotes
“I think people need normality at a time like this. It's the least we can offer." "And chocolate," she said softly, smiling at him. They locked eyes, liquid mahogany and shining cobalt. "And chocolate," he repeated, staring at her lips as if he would drink from them.”
“Your father didn't raise me out of the gutter but lifted me off a road. A road I chose of my own volition, taking my own path." He didn't need to know the details, and Rosamund was certain Jacopo wasn't about to enlighten him. Drawing herself up, her chocolate eyes flashed. "And yes, I am Lady Blithman and as such, I take my responsibilities to the name, and my staff and my friends, very seriously. You're right. This is nothing to do with Mr. Lovelace, and everything to do with my duty to those who need me.”
“Whatcha do to him?" asked Wat, striding over to his master, shaking him. When there was no response, he turned to her and snarled. "If I find out you've done anything..." "You'll do what? Tell me," said Rosamund, smiling sweetly. "Complain I didn't press charges after you stole those candlesticks from your master, or the silver urn?" "I didn't steal them from my master---he was dead." "Oh, I wasn't referring to Sir Everard---" Rosamund gave a pointed look at Aubrey. "According to your new master, this is his house. His property. And that includes everything within its walls." Understanding he'd just admitted to the crime, Wat ceased to challenge her and, with a groan, heaved Aubrey up under the arms and managed to throw him across his shoulders. "I think your master needs a good rest," said Rosamund, following him from the room. Flashing her a look of pure resentment, Wat knew better than to argue this time. The young woman he'd left to fend for herself was not the same one he faced now.”
“What was the Phoenix in the end but a roof and walls? Much had happened beneath and within them-- happiness, discovery, death and love. But it was the people-- both in the kitchen and those they served-- who made the chocolate house what it was.”
“Twill make Old women Young and Fresh; Create New-Motions of the Flesh, And cause them long for you know what, If they but Tast of Chocolate. ---Chocolate: or, An Indian Drinke, translated by James Wadsworth, 1652”
“Together they read plays and poems by William Shakespeare and Thomas Hobbes's Leviathan, and Bianca translated some of Ovid's poetry for her as well as parts of Homer's great works. They relished the poems of Andrew Marvell, John Dryden and John Milton. They read excerpts from the King James Bible, as well as passages from books of history, gardening, medicine and more. The closet wasn't much, but it was Rosamund's, especially now it bore no resemblance to its former owner. It was her cave in which, like Ali Baba, she kept her trove of treasured ideas and growing knowledge, but could open and close it at will with the key hanging around her neck. It was in this room that Rosamund finally started to feel a sense of belonging.”
“To conclude, if God gives you success, use it humbly and far from revenge. If He restores you upon hard conditions, whatever you promise, keep. --- Charles I's final letter to his son, Charles, Prince of Wales, 1649”
“These are taken from inside the fruit of the cacao tree-- Theobroma cacao. It means 'food of the gods.'" He beamed. "Si, señora"-- he tipped the tiny pods into her other palm-- "in your hand, you hold the equivalent of ambrosia. An ambrosia we turn into nectar.”
“There are always three sides to every story: yours, theirs and God's.”
“The important thing is not to get swallowed by the darkness. To remember, even when the shadows grow long and you fear they will consume you, there's still light in the world. You just need to find it.”
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