There are two types of people in the world, the bright lights and the quite shadows.

The implied trust was humbling. He didn’t deserve it, but then again, he wouldn’t betray it either.

The most impoverished peasant can be delighted by the opening of the first spring flower, and the most wealthy aristocrat can curse the day he was born because of some petty offense to his sensibilities....

Actually, Elizabeth realized, when he laughed like that, he did look quite handsome. His dark brown hair and his eyes, so light a brown as to seem almost gold in color, were not quite as...