Quotes by Mary Balogh, Bespelling Jane Austen

“Emotion,' she told him, 'is not a reliable guide for our words and actions.''There you are wrong,' he said. 'Deep, true emotion is our surest guide. We make our greatest mistake when we allow our h...”

“She had made reason and common sense her gods. She had allowed people who did not know what she knew or understand what she unstood to be her mentors.”