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Bombarded with cultural propaganda ready to instill in all of us the niton that lies are more important, that truth does not matter, we are all potential victims. Consumer culture in particular encourages lies. Advertising is one of the cultural mediums that has most sanctioned lying. Keeping people in a constant state of lack, in perpetual desire, strengthens the marketplace economy. Lovelessness is a boon to consumerism. And lies strengthen the world of predatory advertising. Our passive acceptance of lies in public life, particularly via the mass media, upholds and perpetuates lying in our private lives.

— All About Love by bell hooks

The letter felt concise and factual to her, which meant it was too blunt. She would have to soften it and dress it with a bow; make it appealing to a man’s sense of honor or his vanity so that he would consider saving the damsel instead of becoming defensive on behalf of his entire sex. The prettifying would deplete her more than a whole day of research ever could.

— The Gentleman's Gambit by Evie Dunmore (25%)

He had lived an entire life story before becoming a character in hers. Would he forget this little chapter here in Oxford once he left again?

— The Gentleman's Gambit by Evie Dunmore (25%)

While she knew how to act—coy, cheerful, moderately clever—whenever she had tried it, it felt like she stood there in a clown costume and everyone else could see the costume, too.

— The Gentleman's Gambit by Evie Dunmore (23%)