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

> “Your frontier ethics are so rawboned, Miss Edwards, as rough-hewn and clumsy as the log cabin in which you must have been raised.” Mrs. Stanton’s face was like marble as she spoke; only her lips moved with ugly precision. “Decency is striving for perfection in a world in which every other hoglike creature satisfies himself with sloppiness and indulgence. Decency is not in failing to murder someone. It’s in murdering the right person, and sparing your family the indignity of getting caught.”

- 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: 221
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- Quote page: https://www.leafyquotes.com/m-k-hobson/the-hidden-goddess/your-frontier-ethics

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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.

p. 57 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/m-k-hobson/the-hidden-goddess/emily-already-knew.md)

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

p. 330 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/m-k-hobson/the-hidden-goddess/emily-pounded-on-the.md)

> “It is a great weakness of credomancers, Miss Edwards. They often believe their own press.”
>
> ”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.”

p. 282 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/m-k-hobson/the-hidden-goddess/it-is-a-great.md)