He was, she realised, quite graceful. The very idea surprised her. Male grace was a quality she’d never thought of beyond the ballroom; either a man could dance a quadrille with skill and without stepping...

Maybe you are,” Tobias growled as the scent of her invaded his nostrils…

I must actually credit Lady Russell. She explained to me that a man desires above all things to think himself his own master. Thus, I had only to convince Marcus that marrying me was entirely...

I would have asked you to let down your hair” turning to regard her with a grin, his teeth a slash of white in his blackened face.”But it is not quite long enough anymore.

There is no shame in being illiterate. One need only feel ashamed when one denies the opportunity to learn.

No matter where she went, God was her family. He was her hope.

Enya assessed him like a woman would a piece of fine cloth. “Rugged land for a rugged man.

Quin reached out, spun her back to him, and pulled her into his arms, held her tight, so tight that she could hardly breathe. “I need you,” he said, low and fierce, into her hair....

Miss Edmonton: I don’t even know where to start. It’s too horrifying to even speak of.Jenny: Nonsense. Let’s start with the basics. What did your aunt tell you?Miss Edmonton: My aunt said that my husband...

It was so unlikely that she should be there, standing on the far side of the ballroom, and yet there she was. Unlikely Lucy, gleaming, a jade flame burning bright in a sea of mere...

The soldier in the portrait had been a respected and admired officer…The man he had become was fighting a different battle now. He had his demons, just as she had her ghosts.

if you think I would leave you now. I’ll see you safe and well no matter what it takes.

Ne uplići se u ono što te se ne tiče.

Zadana riječ nije batak kojemu se oglođe meso, a kost se baci psetu.

‎”He smiled at me and I felt the tenderness only a daughter could feel.

Making love with you is even more wonderful than making music.”He drew her closer. “Och, Sarah, you _are_ my music.

I’ll take her.

I’ve no memory of how it feels to be devoid of the craving. But you must know what you do. I need you to think of who you are and where you are and who...

He lifted his head, staring into her eyes as if searching for something. Voice ragged, he said, “I told you I’m a possessive man, Eleri. I want to keep you, mount you, fill you, but...

«Non capisco, cos’è che vi preoccupa tanto?» «Tutto, quando si tratta di voi: il parto, l’odio che provate per Charles, il pensiero che possiate non amarmi mai. Mi fate regredire. Mi fate dimenticare il coraggio....

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.

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.

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!

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.