He is dressed in a long, white robe and in his hand is a white cap. I draw up as he passes down the hall; he does not see me. Shortly I hear a horse leaving. There is much I do not know about him, but...
According to Robert, his friend Moses was a soldier in the first war, as he described it. He fought Indians and soldiers in red coats.
It is a truth universally acknowledged that one only comes up with clever, cutting remarks long after the other party is happily slumbering away.
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.
It was a warm and natural feeling to be there. We were not black or white people. We were just people bound together by love and understanding. As I walked out of that church, I felt like I had redisc...
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...
Temperance Dews stood with quiet confidence, a respectable women who lived in the sewer that was St. Giles. Her eyes had widened at the sight of Lazarus, but she made no move to flee. Indeed, finding...
This man was no servant. She looked up at him in acute agitation and knew: this man was now her master.
If you seek love, don’t expect it to be simple, don’t expect it to be easy. If one thing is certain, it’s that it’ll be neither. If you want love, then by all means seek it out-search for it high and...
Helena had been standing by her window looking out to sea, breathing in the fresh air and admiring the picturesque scene of a small ship sailing into the harbor.She had not been able to think of anyth...
History is not another name for the past, as many people imply. It is the name for stories about the past.
Levi's gaze sought out Miss Spencer. Eden. All she had to do was smile to release those little frissons of lightning in him. As that thought crossed his mind, she glanced up, and Levi realized he was...
I suppose when you say you slept with him, it was more than just a nap?Lillian shot her a withering glance. Daisy, don’t be a pea wit.
You are intelligent, you are diplomatic, you are beautiful, and you are and always will be...[he kisses her]...MINE...
He wished for access to all the world's languages at once, for then he would have a better word for how he felt and what she was.
I can hear my steps echo as I follow him to the end of the hall. The door to the small closet under the steps is standing ajar. He closes the door and latches it.
In America, I appear more simple that I am, because I was completely out of my element. It was my misfortune, not my fault, that I was born in a country which was not congenial to my desires. -1815, i...
..he wanted her.And at another time, as another man, he would have her. Without hesitation. As lover. . . as more.
You don't have to say a thing except yes. You don't have to do anything, either, I'm quite willing to plan it all. You?Yes me.You'd plan all of it? Even the wedding?Why not?You don't even like to plan...
I'm familiar with the myth, I'm merely surprised that a femalewould be familiar with the classics.You must have a very limited experience with my sex, Alexandrasaid, surprised. My grandfather said mos...