Our lovemaking was always risk and promise-for if he held my life in his hands when he lay with me, I held his soul, and knew it.
Nothing is lost ... only changed.
Not the historians. No, not them. Their greatest crime is that they presume to know what happened, how things come about, when they have only what the past chose to leave behind-- for the most part, t...
Murtagh was one of those men who always looked a bit startled to find that women had voices, but he nodded politely enough.
Mr. Farquard Campbell, the butler said quietly, and stood back against the wall.
Marrying. Oh, God. Buoyed temporarily by port wine and cream lace, I had momentarily managed to ignore the significance of the occasion.
It will be all right, he said, taking her hand. We will succeed—and we will rescue Señor Stubbs. I promise you.
I will not mourn him alone tonight, he said roughly, and closed the door.
I hold no evil in my heart...This evil does not touch me. More may come, but not this. Not here. Not now.
I have been in perturbation of mind for days, debating whether I shall write it, and now, having written, whether to send it.
Her entrance was greeted by a general outcry of cordiality that made her mildly ashamed of her cynicism.
He said the greatest thing in a man’s life is to lie wi’ a woman he loves,
Don’t let characters talk pointlessly—they only talk if there’s something to say.
Created by Your hand as You created man, Life given for life. That me and mine may eat with thanks for the gift, That me and mine may give thanks for Your own sacrifice of blood and flesh, Life gi...
All right you bloody Scottish bastard, lets see how stubborn you really are.
When I turned 35, I thought, 'Mozart was dead at 36, so I set the bar: I'm going to start writing a book on my next birthday.' I thought historical fiction would be easiest because I was a university...
You do for shock? Hot liquids, blankets. Brandy.
The medical way for a two-month voyage.
When? Now, he said, and took my elbow. There is no time to lose.
When a slave must be executed, the slaves from those plantations nearby are brought to watch; a deterrent, aye? against future ill-considered action. Indeed, Jamie said politely. I believe that was th...