Historical Romance Quotes
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“Looking over the Ethan's bowed head, amidst the tangled forest of Wilderness littered with the bodies of men dead and dying, Victor saw the serene image of his mother. She smiled at her son, her unbound black hair blowing wildly in the breeze. She reached a hand out towards him, and this time, he went with her.”
― Victor's Blessing
― Victor's Blessing
“I want to fill every part of you, breathe the air from your lungs and leave my handprints on your soul. I want to give you more pleasure than you can bear.”
― Devil in Winter
― Devil in Winter
“A hedgehog? And just how does a hedgehog make love?" he demanded.
No, I thought. I won't. I will not. But I did. "Very carefully," I replied, giggling helplessly. So now we know just how old that one is, I thought. ”
― Outlander
No, I thought. I won't. I will not. But I did. "Very carefully," I replied, giggling helplessly. So now we know just how old that one is, I thought. ”
― Outlander
“Lying on the floor, with the carved panels of the ceiling flickering dimly above, I found myself thinking that I had always heretofore assumed that the tendency of eighteenth-century ladies to swoon was due to tight stays; now I rather thought it might be due to the idiocy of eighteenth-century men. ”
― Dragonfly in Amber
― Dragonfly in Amber
“I'm afraid!" She cried breaking free from his embrace.
But this time, he refused to let her go. "No, no, no, you're not afraid of me! What am I...a foot and half taller than you and out weigh you by 130 pounds, how could you possibly be afraid of me!" He laughed.”
― Victor's Blessing
But this time, he refused to let her go. "No, no, no, you're not afraid of me! What am I...a foot and half taller than you and out weigh you by 130 pounds, how could you possibly be afraid of me!" He laughed.”
― Victor's Blessing
“If I die," he whispered in the dark, "dinna follow me. The bairns will need ye. Stay for them. I can wait.”
― A Breath of Snow and Ashes
― A Breath of Snow and Ashes
“I know the truth now. You've figured out I'm falling in love with you and you're trying to make me stop by hurting me this way. Well it won't work.
One way or another, I'm going to make you care about me. Yes, I am, unless your cold attitude kills me first.
It's only fair, Connor. If I'm going to be miserable, by God, so are you.
I am not a common wench and I will not be treated like one.”
― The Wedding
One way or another, I'm going to make you care about me. Yes, I am, unless your cold attitude kills me first.
It's only fair, Connor. If I'm going to be miserable, by God, so are you.
I am not a common wench and I will not be treated like one.”
― The Wedding
“He kissed her. Without warning, without permission. Without even deciding to do it, but simply because he couldn't have done anything else. He needed that breath she was holding. It belonged to him, and he wanted it back.”
― One Dance with a Duke
― One Dance with a Duke
“You’re far too prickly tempered to be a mistress. You’re far better suited as a wife.”
― Married by Morning
― Married by Morning
“They (mothers-in-law) never leave when they say they will. When my mother-in-law visits, the mice throw themselves at the cat, begging to be eaten.”
― Married by Morning
― Married by Morning
“Where are we going?” Annabelle asked, resisting his hold on her wrist.
“To the house. If they’re not willing to be witnesses, then it seems I’ll have to debauch you in front of someone else.”
― Secrets of a Summer Night
“To the house. If they’re not willing to be witnesses, then it seems I’ll have to debauch you in front of someone else.”
― Secrets of a Summer Night
“..he wanted her.
And at another time, as another man, he would have her. Without hesitation. As lover. . . as more.”
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And at another time, as another man, he would have her. Without hesitation. As lover. . . as more.”
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“Win told me that one isn’t improved by being at the top of the mountain, one is improved by the climb.”
― Married by Morning
― Married by Morning
“You are not The Giver of My Heart’s Desire.” I took a deep breath and smiled. “You are my heart’s desire.”
― Blackmoore
― Blackmoore
“Annabelle gave him a chiding smile. “If you’re implying that I’m spoiled, I assure you that I am not.”
“You should be.” His warm gaze slid over her pink-tinted face and slender upper body, then sought hers again. There was a note in his voice that gently robbed her of breath. “You could do with a bit of spoiling.”
― Secrets of a Summer Night
“You should be.” His warm gaze slid over her pink-tinted face and slender upper body, then sought hers again. There was a note in his voice that gently robbed her of breath. “You could do with a bit of spoiling.”
― Secrets of a Summer Night
“Would you like more sauce, sweeting?”
His fingers strangled the stem of his wineglass. She could practically hear the grapes calling for help. She hoped that was a good sign. “If you don’t cease that nonsense,” he said, “you will regret it.”
“Is that so, my heart?”
“What about ‘precious’?” she suggested.
“No.”
“‘Angel’?”
“God, no.”
“‘Muffin’?”
In response to that, he hit the shuttlecock so hard, it sailed all the way to the back wall and thwacked one of his ancestors right in the powdered wig. She cheered. “Well done, my precious angel muffin.”
“This stops,” he said. “Now.”
― The Duchess Deal
His fingers strangled the stem of his wineglass. She could practically hear the grapes calling for help. She hoped that was a good sign. “If you don’t cease that nonsense,” he said, “you will regret it.”
“Is that so, my heart?”
“What about ‘precious’?” she suggested.
“No.”
“‘Angel’?”
“God, no.”
“‘Muffin’?”
In response to that, he hit the shuttlecock so hard, it sailed all the way to the back wall and thwacked one of his ancestors right in the powdered wig. She cheered. “Well done, my precious angel muffin.”
“This stops,” he said. “Now.”
― The Duchess Deal
“IF you wish to be a writer then don't wait until you write the "great American novel" for they aren't written they are created. If you don't write at all you won't know how "great" that simple book can be.”
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“I have wanted you for so long now,” he said roughly, “I’ve no memory of how it feels to be devoid of the craving. But you must know what you do. I need you to think of who you are and where you are and who I am. Think of how things will be once we’ve crossed this threshold. Think of how you will leave this cabin—disheveled and well fucked.”
― Seven Years to Sin
― Seven Years to Sin
“I’ve never heard of a man being so eager to confess to the parent of a girl he’s just ruined”
― Secrets of a Summer Night
― Secrets of a Summer Night
“If I choose to make a darling of you, there is nothing you can do about it.”
“Of course there’s something I can do about it. I can have you sent to an institution for the feebleminded and insane.”
She shrugged. “If you say so, cherub.”
― The Duchess Deal
“Of course there’s something I can do about it. I can have you sent to an institution for the feebleminded and insane.”
She shrugged. “If you say so, cherub.”
― The Duchess Deal
“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.”
― It Happened One Autumn
Lillian shot her a withering glance. "Daisy, don’t be a pea wit.”
― It Happened One Autumn
“I’m going to take Charity to France. I can look after her there. You can go on with your life here, and I won’t be here to … to bother anyone.”
He muttered two quiet words.
“What?” she asked in bewilderment, inching forward to hear him.
“I said, try it.”
― Marrying Winterborne
He muttered two quiet words.
“What?” she asked in bewilderment, inching forward to hear him.
“I said, try it.”
― Marrying Winterborne
“Fighting is a soldier’s only religion. But it has proven useful to adopt the religion of the country I wish to conquer.”
― Champagne Widows: First Woman of Champagne, Veuve Clicquot
― Champagne Widows: First Woman of Champagne, Veuve Clicquot
“Politics is a moving target with no bullseye of truth, breaking up more families than uniting them.”
― Champagne Widows: First Woman of Champagne, Veuve Clicquot
― Champagne Widows: First Woman of Champagne, Veuve Clicquot
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