“ I'm accustomed to reading Georgian and Victorian letters and sometimes you simply know in your gut that a blithe sentence is covering up a deeper emotion. Sara Sheridan
“ I wish it be understood that she will always be first in my life, before any other member of my family or hers and before all my other duties. I will not tolerate criticism of that fact even from you.… Mary Balogh
“ Henrietta was bitter. Nothing in her life had turned out well. Like everyone else, she had striven all her life to achieve happiness. Yet it seemed to her that she had never been happy. Mary Balogh
“ He had not meant the words in that way. He had been talking strictly about possession. But oh, the longing for his love was an unbearably painful ache in her. Mary Balogh
“ You will like her, he persisted. Egad, she's after your own heart, maman! She shot me in the arm.Voyons, do you think that is what I like? Georgette Heyer Devil's Club
“ Ready yourselves!' Mullone heard himself say, which was strange, he thought, for he knew his men were prepared.A great cry came from beyond the walls that were punctuated by musket blasts and Mullone… David Cook
“ My definition of man is a cooking animal. The beasts have memory, judgement, and the faculties and passions of our minds in a certain degree; but no beast is a cook. James Boswell
“ The only woman who would wear a gown like this one, love, is one who knows the power she wields and isn’t afraid to use it. Tamara Hughes
“ When he bowed his head to hide his grin, she stiffened. “This is most certainly not amusing.”He looked up, the humor still glittering in his eyes, and spoke one word. “James.”“Pardon me?”“James Lamont… Tamara Hughes
