I sincerely pity the poor man you marry. I doubt he’ll have a moment’s peace.

Lying on the floor, with the carved panels of the ceiling flickering dimly above, I found myself thinking that I had always heretofore assumed that the tendency of eigh­teenth-century ladies to swoon was due to...

I didn’t start managing you for at least another year.

I like it too.

I would rather be a cripple and have your love for all of a single moment than to live as I am without ever having it.

If you have always suspected your sister of an inclination to madness, it will be my pleasure to confirm your worst fears.

Među đavlima treba uzeti đavolsko ruho.

Polagano, tiho, prilazio je k njoj, kleknuo i položio glavu u njezino krilo kao žeđom obnemogli pred vrčem bistre vode…

You don’t have to kiss a lot of frogs to recognize a prince when you find one.”-Henrietta Barrett, (Minx, Splendid Trilogy book #3)

Annie is my wife, and she will remain wi’ me as my wife, subject only to my rule. I will suffer no man to dishonor her or lay hand upon her so long as I...

Whenever doubts become a crime… whenever parents become afraid their children might turn them in; a country where the power of the government is mired inextricably with the jurisdiction and the executive, where you have...

But I am a writer, and I deal in words, and I need to have them spelled out for me–precisely.

There is not a man alive who would not want you.

I point out. It was the most foolish, jape-fisted bit of buffoonery I have ever seen, and I am impressed in spite of that.

I want to be your lover. Burn your list, Jane. Let me be the one.

They did go on so, don’t you think, those Victorian poets, they took themselves so horribly seriously,” he said, pushing the lift button, summoning it from the depths.As it creaked up, Blackadder said, “That’s not...

You are absolutely beautiful,” Anne said. “But if you see yourself, you’ll want to pin your hair back like a shepherdess in a bad play.”(Eleanor) “Are you saying that I normally look as if I’m...

i really like reading books

My God, I hate the country,” he said.

My life is hard. No one would rob me of that. The clothes I am wearing came out of a knotted up black plastic trash bag from a resale shop downtown. And not the downtown...

Then, as now, there were always girls who were overlooked and ignored by gentlemen who really should have known better.

Srcu se ne da zapovijedati.

Dođi, primi zastavu. Ona je obraz naš, čast naša, slava naša, govor našeg srca, poklik naših pravica, sunce naše slobode. Dok je u našim rukama, dotle smo svoji, slobodni i pravicom naoružani.

For Germany? That’s the most ridiculous thing I’ve ever heard.

The curtains were not yet drawn and with the moonlight spreading across the room, I could see clearly. I undressed and slipped a soft cotton gown over my naked body. I pulled the blanket off...

_I_ boil it.” Joseph entered last, closing the door behind them. “Last time, you burnt it.”Connor glared at Joseph. “We were attacked! What would you have me tell the Abenaki? ‘I cannae fight just now....

This explains so much,” she said, clucking her tongue in mother-hen fashion. “You’re compensating for this withered appendage.”Withered appendage? What the devil was she talking about? He shook his head, trying to clear it. Colin’s...

You intend to keep me confined in here with you for three days?” His voice was low and ominous.”It doesn’t have to take three days,” she said, “It just depends how long it takes for...

Pleasure suffused her and she snuggled deeper into his arms, her heart clenching when he tightened his hold on her. After a while his breathing slowed and his hold relaxed. Convinced he slept, she whispered,...

Ah, does my princess now want what I offer?

I intend to have you, Maggie, in every way a man can have a woman. I want your hand in mine while we dance. I want you laughing beside me in the theater. I want...

And if you ever – and I do mean ever – try to leave me, I’m goin’ with you.

And then you realize one day that you can’t remember her scent and nothing smells like her anymore. You can’t remember how she feels or the sound of her voice. You haven’t thought of her...

Lord Randall barreled inside, brandishing his cane in Drew’s face.”You beggarly knave, I was told this marriage was in name only! Who gave you permission to consummate the vows?””Theodore Hopkin, governor of this colony, representative...

I intend to marry Michael, and squander all his money and run his life, and make sure he never again consorts with wicked women or gambles with licentious men. I promise I will henpeck him...

You’re warning me off. There’s no need, I assure you. At this moment in time, my only ambition is to get myself through the day —” He broke off, realising too late what he’d admitted,...

Should I have brought my diploma?

Ne boji se onaj čija je duša čista i onaj čija su djela pravda i pravica.

Bori se oružjem kojim te napadaju. Lukavost se izbija lukavošću.

What have I done to her?” Gabriel muttered to himself as he crossed the room to crank open a window. Cool air washed over his skin. “What the devil did she do to me?

You are intelligent, you are diplomatic, you are beautiful, and you are and always will be…[he kisses her]…MINE…

Pain is in the mind. And, in my mind, ma chérie … I was withyou.

He rose up like a languid god after devouring a bountiful feast.

Rolling onto his side, he drew her close. “Sleep, milady. I will keep you warm tonight, and safe.” He pulled the blanket over her, wrapping one arm around her waist as he settled beside her...

What have you to trade for my silence?” …He opened his mouth to beckon the men, but Eleri moved like lightning. With her right arm restrained, she couldn’t cut him. However, her weapon of choice...

Yes, yes. My eyes are like the sea or the sky or some such nonsense,” she quipped with a laugh, the lilting sound like the finest music, better than anything he could ever play.

Lord Carradice managed to look wicked, smug, and saintly, all at the same time.

John alzò di riflesso gli occhi a quelle parole, una luce fiera e innamorata li animava. Non si sentiva più smarrito: per la prima volta in tanto tempo, aveva compreso d’aver incontrato il comandante del...

If I die,” he whispered in the dark, “dinna follow me. The bairns will need ye. Stay for them. I can wait.

Just so. It came to my attention earlier today that you had canceled the seventy-fifth annual Christmas Eve ball. I would have called upon you immediately, but I’m afraid a prior engagement tied my hands...