Quotes by Mary Balogh

“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.”

“But there were certain moments in life that forever defined one as a person - in one's own estimation, anyway. And one's own self esteem, when all was said and done, was of far more importance than...”

“There is nothing worse, is there," she said, "than a past that has never been fully dealt with. One can convince oneself, that it is all safely in the past and forgotten about, but the very fact th...”

“The suffering of a loved one was in many ways worse than one's one suffering because it left one feeling so very helpless.”

“And she was terribly aware that she was alive. Not just living and breathing, but ...alive.”

“Suddenly, and for the first time, he was at the center of his own life, living it and loving it.”

“He had always felt that he lived on the edges of life, Constantine realized, watching everyone else living, sometimes helping them do it.”

“He thought the library door would never open again, but that he would be left to live out the rest of his life rooted to the spot on the library carpet, afraid to move a muscle lest the house fall ...”

“Was he a pleasant man hiding behind a mask of seeming carelessness or an unpleasant man hiding behind a mask of charm & smiles? Or like most humans, was he a dizzying mix of contradictory character...”

“I do not admire greatness that has no substance.”

“I do believe in fate, Anne-not the blind fate that gives one no freedom of choice, but a fate that sets down a pattern for each of our lives and gives us choices, numerous choices, by which to find...”

“She had never believed in fate. She still did not. It would be nonsense of freedom of will and choice, and it was through such freedom that we worked our way through life and learned what we needed...”

“I can be hurt, she said, only by people I respect.”

“It is foolish to regret anything form one's past.”

“One longs and longs to be grown up, doesn't one?," she said, "I dreamed of being eighteen and having a Season and meeting handsome gentlemen even apart from Dominic and falling in love with them an...”

“Tears never were worth the effort of crying them.”

“And he knew at that moment that love world never die, that it would never fade away altogether. The time might come when he would meet and marry someone else. He might even be reasonably happy. But...”

“Nothing is permanently perfect. But there are perfect moments and the will to choose what will bring about more perfect moments.”

“Now I must live with the consequences of the choice I made. And I will not call it the wrong choice. That would be foolish and pointless. That choice led me to everything that has happened since, i...”

“Fear is a powerful beast, if it is allowed the mastery.”