Quotes by Charlotte Dacre
“I know that there is not in the world a more subtle poison than that which is extracted from and administered by books.””
“She turned of an ashy paleness as cold hatred and desire for revenge took possession of her vindictive soul.””
“. . . for it is the pure, *intellectual* soul alone, that can receive delight from solitude.””
“No, her’s was not the countenance of a Madona”
“Victoria’s heart was a stranger to every gentle, noble, or superior feeling. The ambitious, the selfish, the wild, and the turbulent were her’s. Her’s were the stormy passions of the soul, goading on to ruin and despair”
Charlotte DacreCharlotte Dacre, born Charlotte King, was a British Gothic novelist, and poet. Most references today are given as Charlotte Dacre, but she first wrote under the pseudonym "Rosa Matilda" and later adop...