# Quote — M. K. Hobson, The Hidden Goddess

> It was her own evil assumptions that had done her in. She hadn’t even considered the third possible explanation for his strange behavior—that he was a perfectly nice man, without an ounce of guile, just trying to be helpful. People helped people in California. Why hadn’t she thought of that? She’d only been in New York a few weeks, and already she was turning hard and suspicious.

- Author: [M. K. Hobson](https://www.leafyquotes.com/m-k-hobson.md)
- Book: [The Hidden Goddess](https://www.leafyquotes.com/m-k-hobson/the-hidden-goddess.md)
- Page: 33
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- Quote page: https://www.leafyquotes.com/m-k-hobson/the-hidden-goddess/it-was-her

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> Emily already knew there was going to be hell to pay, and she supposed there was no use allowing it to accrue interest.

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> Emily pounded on the door, assuming it would do no good, but finding the act of pounding very satisfying indeed.

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> “It is a great weakness of credomancers, Miss Edwards. They often believe their own press.”
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> ”You’re a credomancer, too,” Emily said.
>
> “I’m also a woman. Failure, struggle, and doubt are my constant companions. They are not always pleasant, but they inoculate me against overconfidence. As such, I would not trade them for all the arrogant bravado in the world.”

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