To those who have fought for it, freedom has a flavor that the protected will never know.

All things in Fiji are paid for in blood.

She was dangerous. I’d heard the rumors, that she had a history as a wild woman, that she’d been married to a gambler, maybe even been one herself, that her past was scandalous at best....

«Guardami!» gli ordinò «Io sono Isabelle Morens. Il mio cognome è sinonimo di traditore, la mia famiglia è stata uccisa e i nostri beni confiscati, cosa pensi che direbbero a Corte se annunciassi che hai...

There was no mistake,” he said. “You freely gave me a kiss because I kept silent about supposed engagement.”Well, you could have been more gentlemanly about it,” she said with a sniff.”If I’d been gentlemanly,...

He cleared his throat. “I wish I could take back what I said.” He looked away. “I behaved like a thoin aiseal.””What does that mean?””A donkey’s arse.”She glanced down at the furs, found herself fighting...

I’ve never done this with a woman like you before. Never wanted to. I only know… I don’t want it to end.

Charity followed the pirate. To salvation or to hell, she would soon find out.

How had things gone so terribly wrong? She wasn’t supposed to be returning to Murdoch House in defeat, and she most certainly was not supposed to be returning alone.Lilly should be there. And Gideon. High-handed,...

If you have found a woman who can stir both body and spirit, sir, do not give her up lightly. Do not. The alternatives can be damnably complicated. [Joseph Warren]

When your child comes home to talk about life, what could be more important?

You could have arrived atop a wildcat and no one would have said a word. They will adore you.

. . . if you can’t see the good man he is, you need to unscrew them eyeballs of yours and try on a different pair.

I supposed you’ve already kissed him? Don’t deny it, that guilty look is a complete giveaway. Did you like it?””Felicity!””Well?””Yes.” Ainsley laughed. “Yes, I did.””Was it a good kiss? The kind of kiss to give...

Combining them makes the result greater than its individual parts. Because it produces something else. It creates … a steadiness. A strength. I can’t explain it well – being only an outside observer – but...

Valja cijeniti svaku i najsitniju žrtvu, svaku najmanju pobjedu i u neznatnim stvarima. Mnogo malih, sitnih pobjeda stvara jednu veliku kao što opeka stvara veliku zgradu.

Često smo obijesni, lakomisleni, površni prema sebi i drugima, ali kad se nađemo na rubu ponora, na rubu propasti, okom u oko s nedostojnosti koja nas zove da odlučimo, tada se probudi dobro i mi...

It simply isn’t a woman’s nature to be silent for prolonged periods of time.

Like the magnolia tree, She bends with the wind,Trials and tribulation may weather her, Yet, after the storm her beauty blooms, See her standing there, like steel, With her roots forever buried,Deep in her Southern...

He didn’t see the look his brothers shared or overhear the vow they made to one another–that if any one of the four of them were to make it back from Ticonderoga, it would be...

When she shines we all bask in her happiness, but when the thunderstorms come in, let me warn you, find a faraway hiding hole.” Dorothy Broadbelt, lady in waiting to Queen Elizabeth 1.

What is your name, my pet?””Kitty,” she replied.DeVere threw back his head with a guffaw. “Kitty? How delightfully apropos!” His erstwhile companions forgotten, he patted a muscular thigh. “Come then, Kitty, my sweet, little puss....

Now that you made me a knight again”, he said lightly, “I’ll have to keep my mind on certain knightly virtues like chastity.”Ciara could not remember that ever being a knightly virtue.

IF you wish to be a writer then don’t wait until you write the “great American novel” for they aren’t written they are created. If you don’t write at all you won’t know how “great”...

Moonlight does things to a street scene that no other natural or man-made phenomenon can effect. People walk slower, their smiles lingering on contended faces. Horses that usually move along fast enough to stir up...

And there are no words left, try as men may, to describe that little death, that incandescent instant when, transacted with mutual love, there is no difference between sweet submission and exquisite conquest.

Over time, this unspoken attration continued to blossom, refusing to dwindle or fade, though they had little opportunity to foster or nourish it. Slowly and patiently, Robert’s sheer persistence in the chase had revealed his...

Twice daily! I try very hard not to run things in my sleep, nor whilst cleaning my teeth. Far too difficult to bark orders with tooth powder in one’s mouth.

So she learned at the age of almost twenty-six how to kiss a lover. Such kisses involved tongues, lips, taste, feel, and soft, needy noises that had her pressing up into his body and wanting...

You have a spine of steel and fire in your eyes, Rosalie. To have such a quality, one must be shaken to the foundation of one’s soul and put back together. I want to know...

…ali ljubav u srcu – to je zvijezda gore na nebu. Skriva se u noći, ali utrnuti ne može…

Svaka gora, svako brdo, svako drvo, zna pripovijedati o našim hrabrim junacima što su ovuda padali, umirali i natapali svojom krvlju ovu grudu zemlje.

Nema prokletstva. Ima samo zlih i dobrih, ali zli su uvijek jači, iako ih je manje. Od jedne kapi žuči zagorčiš vrč čiste vode!

It was a warm and natural feeling to be there. We were not black or white people. We were just people bound together by love and understanding. As I walked out of that church, I...

Before the war, a white man named Jonathan Edwards came to Stockbridge to teach my people about sin, but I doubt very much he could see sin in this. You defended yourself against a man...

He laced his hands behind his neck and propped his boots on the opposite arm of the sofa. If an artist were to capture this image, it would have been labeled,Smugness: A Portrait. She wanted...

As I have said, milady, I mean to keep you safe, not harm you. And it is not my habit to force myself on unwilling maidens.””Aye, pilgrim?” she asked dubiously. “Next you will tell me...

The only death I fear is the one I fell when we’re apart.

«State attento a come parlate, visconte.»«Oh, so bene che devo stare attento con voi, credetemi. So che la vostra lingua ferisce e che il vostro amore è veleno: pago il pegno della vostra vicinanza ogni...

In my experience there are only a handful of reasons for murder….Jealousy, vengeance, greed, fear and pleasure….Some killers enjoy the kill….For them it is a great game, and for the most part they are the...

His tongue tapped his top lip as he cupper her breast in his hand. “Tis boidhche –beautiful.

A woman on the verge of moral downfall ought to be well dressed. Claire’s particular transgression was gartered to her thigh, a paper hidden by yards of silk. She walked through the empty alley, confident...

Miranda shook her head slowly. ‘Good heavens. That’s quite an act you put on.’He drew himself up haughtily. ‘I beg your pardon.”An act,’ Miranda repeated. ‘Stand as tall as you like, and frown at me...

The worst mistake I ever made has become the best thing I ever did.- Darius Wainwright

You! That is what is behind this. Ever since you — As if I didn’t have enough on my mind without having to lie awake thinking of you and your damned kisses and your damned...

I’m the only man she’s going to have.

Jadna mudrost koja traga za vječnom mladošću, a nije ni pokušala tražiti dobrotu.

Nesreća hoće da progoni mene, ali ja ću progoniti nju. Ustrajno, do posljednjeg daha. Borio sam se s njom da te steknem, utući ću je da te mogu zadržati.” Siniša

Even the best laid plans turn to hell when exposed to reality

He had a hint of a Southern drawl, as if he’d worked hard to hide it, but couldn’t quite rid himself of the last of it. It was rough and gravelly, and had the seductive...