But it was possible to teach what one could not practice.
I suppose, he said, his voice harsher than he had intended it to be, you want marriage again. No, she said quickly. No, never that. Not again. Why would any woman willingly make herself the property o...
It is the human condition. No one escapes, even those who may appear to others to live charmed lives. But we all have the choice of whether to be defined by the negatives in our lives or to make of ou...
It was strange how the heart clung to hope even when there was no reasonable basis for it, Morgan found. And how life went on.
Lord Francis sighed. When you get back to Bedlam, Soph, he said, ask them to reserve a room for me, will you? There’s a good girl. I am going to be needing it soon. Sophia clucked her tongue and spurr...
May intelligent, bookish ladies sometimes be reformed? he asked her.She thought about it.I suppose it may be within the bounds of possibility, she said, even if not of probability.
My happiness has to come from within myself or it is too fragile a thing to be of any use to me and too much of a burden to benefit any of my loved ones.
Negativity could be frighteningly contagious.
Nem sempre podemos esconder-nos da vida. (…) É melhor nem sequer tentar e encarar simplesmente o que precisa de ser encarado.
She could remember him at church, sitting with his family in the second pew, behind her and her mother. She had worn her hair in long braids as a child, and she had liked to toss the braids over the b...
She hastily tried to shut the door. But his forearm shot up and held it open. They stared at each other for several silent moments. What are you doing here? she demanded at last. It was only at that m...
Sometimes, self-pity was so ingrained in people that nothing could persuade them to take joy out of living.
That would seem to imply that women crave brutality and abuse, she said. It does not show a great respect for either women themselves or their minds.
There had to be a reason why they were not going to marry. They had both been so adamant about it.What the devil was the reason?
There is no happily-ever-after to run to. We have to work for happiness.
Tis what marriage is all about, madam, he said. Have you not realized it? 'Tis about discovering unknown facets of the character and experience and taste of one's spouse and learning to adjust one's l...
To Jane Austen, for making romance novels classics and keepers for generations.
We must, as we grow older and wiser, be able to allow all the pain to seep out of our bones and our souls so that we can start again.
Where was Bewcastle?But then he was there, standing on the terrace some distance away, and such was the power of his presence that everyone seemed to sense it an fell back away from Alleyne even as th...
Sometimes we have no choice but to be selfish if we are to . . . surviveExcerpt FromSomeone to Hold
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