75 quotes found
“Charlotte Richmond says of herself: “I have few ladylike accomplishments. I cannot sing, I cannot draw, I cannot play the pianoforte or the harp and I cannot produce delicately beautiful embroideri...”
“Frederick's wit was impressive. When a descendant of Ghengis Khan, who was wreaking havoc in the Muslim world, wrote threateningly that the holy Roman Emperor should surrender his lands and come to...”
“There's a saying," Aeneas said: "Keep an eye on Greeks when they offer gifts." He spoke wryly. "Horses, particularly.”
“Her fingers clutched him now, and her body writhed with a frustration he knew all too well. He wanted her. Now. Here.”
“He didn’t save women. He damned them.”
“He poured a splash of liquid into a second cup. “Come in and warm yerself by the fire.” Ariana walked deeper into the room, toward the glow of the hearth. It’s heat enveloped her skin and eased awa...”
“I canna let you die like Da,” he said softly. “And yet ye canna let me live,” she replied.”
“Calmly, slowly, she reached behind with her left hand and came up against — yes, fabric. Fine linen, to be precise. So far, so good: she was inside a wardrobe, after all. The only problem was that ...”
“If my brother, Dægan, was still alive to herald this moment, I know he would have something poetically moving to say. But where I lack in speech, I make up for in determination. Let my actions spea...”
“Hot-blooded men make war. It’s up to cool-headed queens like us to make the peace.”
“Whether David believed in her affliction or not didn’t change the fact that it existed, and some day it would catch up with her.”
“I’m all alone against the darkness. Dark winds rising against me.”
“I’m not only my father’s daughter, but also a daughter of the nation he founded. And protecting both is what I’ve always done.”
“What do we do if we come across trouble, sir?' Cahill asked, slapping at a fly. 'As much as I enjoy giving the rebel turds a walloping, it should be down to the Militia to keep the buggers in check...”
“The word "We" is as lime poured over men, which sets and hardens to stone, and crushes all beneath it, and that which is white and that which is black are lost equally in the grey of it. It is the ...”
