Her Own Legacy Quotes

“Wine runs in your veins.”
― debra borchert, Her Own Legacy

“Although my husband relied upon me to manage the business, my signature was worthless, much like yours. Now that I am a widow, my signature is binding. It is a terrible price to pay, and I doubt you would wish to pay it.”
― Debra Borchert, Her Own Legacy

“Her widowed mother owns the shop on rue de Grenelle. Should her mother die, despite her expertise, Pauline Léon will not inherit the shop. She can only do so through a husband. As she has not yet met a suitable spouse, we can only imagine the kind of chocolat he would make if he were a wig maker.”
― Debra Borchert, Her Own Legacy

“Did you know there are three palaces at Versailles? How many does one family need when thousands have no homes? I don’t approve of what those women did, but I understand why they did it. Perhaps one day, I’ll have to do something like it—to feed my son.”
― Debra Borchert, Her Own Legacy

“Rousseau said that a woman’s place is the home. Many women are at home…watching their children starve. Some Assembly members voted for schools to teach girls home arts. Did any woman of the Third Estate not learn home arts as soon as she could walk? If women were educated, they’d have other ways to feed their children besides laundering and whoring.”
― Debra Borchert, Her Own Legacy

“The maggots will cure him of the infection. I am amazed the surgeon did not employ them and instead wanted to use those disgusting leeches. Will these learned men never learn?”
― Debra Borchert, Her Own Legacy

“I no longer possessed the luxury of falling in love. If something should happen to Papa, I would lose the legacy and be left in poverty.”
― Debra Borchert, Her Own Legacy

“More than a thousand people have been imprisoned—suspected of being part of the conspiracy—including all who served the royal family. Joliette is not safe—anywhere in France. If they discover your noble identity, you will beat me to the guillotine.”
― Debra Borchert, Her Own Legacy

“The privileges of the Nobles of the Sword are not democratic ... Across the country, peasants have been burning crops and châteaux. If the King does not willingly change taxation, I fear commoners and peasants will force him.”
― Debra Borchert, Her Own Legacy

“No one needed to pay me to love you.”
― Debra Borchert, Her Own Legacy

“Bakers can’t bake bread because they can’t get flour. So why do people burn wheat fields and kill bakers when it’s their fault there’s no flour?”
― Debra Borchert, Her Own Legacy

“The Americans didn’t think it against God to fight the King of England! A fight that we financed! That’s right. We paid for America’s freedom from one king while we’re slaves to another! And paying for America’s freedom bankrupted France.”
― Debra Borchert, Her Own Legacy