Daisy Goodwin quotes:

Duets are not about individual skill but about the relationship between the two players.

... anyone can acquire wealth, the real art is giving it away.

For daughters of the new American billionaires of the 19th century, it was the ultimate deal: marriage to a cash-strapped British Aristocrat in return for a title and social status. But money didn't always buy them happiness.

when I see you here amidst all this, I realise that I proposed to a very small part of you. I thought I was giving you a home and a position, but here I see that I am taking you away from so much.

The English were infuriating. Everything was designed to put an outsider at a disadvantage. If you had to ask, you didn't belong.