Percy, you are dismissed from my service.””Me? Why, my lord?””Why? Because, Percy, far from being a fit consort for a prince of the realm, you would bore the leggings off a village idiot. You ride...

He breathed in hard. The stench of blood filled his lungs. Only now, for the first time, could he truly appreciate it.

Some people remember the sixties better than others do. Some weren’t even there, some who were there were not really there, and some who were not really there were “really there”.

Many years ago there lived a man called Laurids Madsen who went up to heaven and came down again thanks to his boots.

It had never occurred to me that simply being with a fellow prisoner would make me feel like I was still in prison.

Oh, they’ll never believe a woman could solve such puzzles. They’ll just assume I’m humoring you by editing it myself and allowing you to put your name to it.”She raised her eyebrows. “But you wouldn’t...

The Question is actually the answer

Under the sanctuary are the catacombs where the dead wait for resurrection. The living do not venture there. The caverns here underneath the Sanctuary are illuminated only by dim shafts of light from the sanctuary....

If my brother, Dægan, was still alive to herald this moment, I know he would have something poetically moving to say. But where I lack in speech, I make up for in determination. Let my...

I rather enjoyed it, if you must know. It has been a long time since I’ve had such a kiss. Nothing like a bold and lingering kiss. How I’ve missed it. Ah, now you look...

You frequently state, and in your letter you imply, that I have developed a completely one-sided outlook and look at everything in terms of science. Obviously my method of thought and reasoning is influenced by...

I do no’ think ye should lick me leg.

I must make up my mind which is right – society or I.

I want to talk to you. I want to listen to you. I want to walk with you and, yes, I want you in m bed. That’s what I want today. That’s what I’ll want...

Wicked eyes are not a good prospect for seminary boys. They want a gentle, soft sort of wife, not a wife who looks as though she may sprout wings and carry off the young children...

Haw! Haw! Inconceivable stupidity is just what you’re going to get! (Brigadier-General Henry Wilson, on being challenged in 1910 about the likelihood of a European war)

…the long blue shadows of afternoon advanced before me like cheerful ghosts of last summer’s growth, dancing past the withered flower borders and the stiff hedges to fall at the feet of a stone nymph,...

[A] common denominator in European wars going back to the Crusades–no matter who won or lost, the one fairly reliable constant was that Jews somewhere were going to suffer.

He had an overwhelming urge to take possession of her lips, silencing any mention of another man’s name.

Schism in the soul, schism in the body social, will not be resolved by any scheme to return to the good old days (archaism), or by programs guaranteed to render an ideal projected future (futurism),...

Books are an extension of our imagination

That first scream, my lord, was indeed your daughter, my wife, and if you kill me, your grandchild will be quite without a father. Won’t you come in?

What do we do if we come across trouble, sir?’ Cahill asked, slapping at a fly. ‘As much as I enjoy giving the rebel turds a walloping, it should be down to the Militia to...

He shook his head, staring at her like a condemned man who beheld the face of his executioner. “Aline,” he whispered, “Do you know what hell is?””Yes.” Her eyes overflowed. “Trying to exist with your...

For with all that is grand, grander is the expansion of the mind.

I gave you three proofs of witchcraft. A cat that drinks blood! A horse that talks! And a man who propagates POODLES!

Exercise care with what it is you do when you hold my heart in your hands. For it is my love that makes you special. When it is gone, you shall soon know it and...

Like an unfinished symphony, her story played on my mind for most of my life. It would rock to the tune of the passage of time, an adagio of high notes, low notes an illusive...

Check the history, more people died for freedom than love, people need freedom before they need love.

Such was the number of the barbarians, that when they shot forth their arrows the sun would be darkened by their multitude.” Dieneces, not at all frightened at these words, but making light of the...

Ho! Wise men say, ‘He who hath not a good and ready memory should never meddle in telling lies.'”Drew smiled. “I have a good and ready memory.

When you walk,go different roads that take you nowhere,and see your world.

Stars flicker above, points of bright ice in a dark river. I pull a heavy sheepskin around my legs and stretch my feet toward the fire. Despite the cold, Liam plays his flute, the sound...

You are correct in saying that desires often come from things we cannot easily gain – mine, being that of your love. By all accounts, I do wish I could steal it. But I am...

For today, at least, we could pretend we have each other, and no one else. No demands, no promises to keep.

He had taken George, my beloved George, from me. And he had taken my other self: Anne.

Watching him, his hands buried in his pockets—to keep from circling her neck she supposed—she couldn’t help but marvel at the curious mix of Southern courtesy and male arrogance, the natural assumption he shouldered of...

Learning to pipe isn’t easy. At first it always sounds worse than a chicken yard full of squawking adolescent roosters.

We are exiles in Time’s abyss, strangers now in the Promised Land.

I love you enough to keep you from dying with me… ~ Dane de Falaise

The greatest challenge of my life has been to see and accept the actual truth without great pain and struggle against it.

Heart…Soul…Words

I will be a historical painter.

There’s a saying,” Aeneas said: “Keep an eye on Greeks when they offer gifts.” He spoke wryly. “Horses, particularly.

You are an exceedingly beautiful mystery, one that intrigues me and one that I plan to solve.

My bursting heart must find vent at my pen.

We had been through so much together, mrs. Kennedy and me. More than anyone can imagine. More than anyone can ever know.

You next,” he said. “Out of those clothes and into bed.”She nodded but didn’t move from Sally’s side. The thought of undressing exhausted her. Where would she find the strength such a task would require?”I’m...

What’s good for reform is bad for the reformers

I’m not a very good writer. But I’m a HELLUVA re-writer.