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| Link | Quote | Stars | Tags | Author |
| 70818ea | But that was the second version," she reminded him. "In the first one you had died and gone to heaven and found it was a brothel.." | Mary Balogh | ||
| 59ea4ad | pleasure | Mary Balogh | ||
| d7d55b5 | I am not afraid of being single. I am afraid of making a marriage I would regret. | Mary Balogh | ||
| 766c29b | it. And if you ever strike me, I shall hit back. If you ever use me in anger or out of a wish to punish, I shall leave you. | Mary Balogh | ||
| 622e5c8 | It was a fear that disappeared once the action started, to be replaced by the mad bloodlust that was sometimes called courage. | Mary Balogh | ||
| ada6b57 | It is just that . . . I think you are worth knowing, though I cannot be sure. | Mary Balogh | ||
| 1c54bfe | You did not grow up in the gutter. Your mother housed you and fed and clothed you. But even if you had, your basic human dignity would not be the less. Why should a king be of more value as a human being than a vagabond? | Mary Balogh | ||
| fc6920b | He was asked, rhetorically, he guessed, if he supposed the irons would heat themselves, a question that was followed by a not particularly complimentary remark about men. | Mary Balogh | ||
| 92ea8d8 | move a little faster than we originally planned, it is true, but we could rise to the challenge. We have been very successful during our first year." "Rebecca," he said, turning to face her, "I must tell you now once and for all that the school will never include girls. The idea is ridiculous. Why should we waste our time on educating females? What possible use could there be in our doing so?" She flushed. "I am a female, Philip," she said,.. | Mary Balogh | ||
| 7322249 | She could not expect any man to love her that deeply if she did not also understand that he simply was, and that his wasness or isness made him forever the love of her heart. The love of her life. | Mary Balogh | ||
| 2c2f005 | that he really had suffered | Mary Balogh | ||
| 5546b15 | I believe contempt says more about the person giving it than the one receiving. It demeans what ought to be righteous punishment. | Mary Balogh | ||
| 7b527e9 | Estuve muerto durante diez anos, mi amor, y me has devuelto la vida en solo un ano. | Mary Balogh | ||
| d23de59 | set out to net him. She had her godmother and his | Mary Balogh | ||
| 7e01662 | any way fond of him. She was an accomplished flirt and by her own admission he was one of the few men not to fall to her charms. She had been forced by her very nature, perhaps, into using tactics other than her usual ones. She had been forced into trying what had seemed very like sincerity. Sometimes he felt guilty about suspecting her of using just another form of flirtation. And sometimes he called himself fool for wondering if she had b.. | Mary Balogh | ||
| 28a71fb | He knew a lot of facts. But ultimately, as always, he must sketch and paint from intuition and trust that it was more true than all the facts he had amassed. Facts missed a great deal. Facts missed what lay beneath the facts. Facts missed spirit. | Mary Balogh | ||
| 8719c4d | But it was not just his kisses that she missed. There was something else about the man that exhilarated her, something that appealed to a kindred spirit in her. Mr. Seyton was a man with a goal in life, and he was willing to work toward that goal even at the expense of his own safety. There was a spirit of adventure in him. Kate found herself envying him greatly. If only there could be more adventure in her life! She would burst soon at the.. | boredom daring-masquerade kindred-spirits made-for-each-other regency-romance mary-balogh soul-mates romance-novel historical-romance | Mary Balogh | |
| b01dad3 | There was something different about his face. It was not quite smiling, but the disciplined austerity had somehow gone from it. It was as though he had allowed some of himself to come out from that place deep within where he had hidden most of his life. | Mary Balogh | ||
| 0e02b89 | I can see why men do not take up knitting and such. They would never be able to pluck up the courage to go and get what they needed. | Mary Balogh | ||
| 31041b0 | He had spent almost two years hearing a baby cry in his nightmares while he found it impossible to reach her. | Mary Balogh | ||
| 7021001 | Maybe they do not have a breaking point. But even if they do, do you care, Abby? | Mary Balogh | ||
| 8816208 | 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. | romance georgian heartless mary-balogh historical-romance possession sexy longing | Mary Balogh | |
| 3bcc409 | 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. I will hear none from you ever again. | romantic romance georgian heartless mary-balogh dialogue historical-romance | Mary Balogh | |
| c4e4370 | 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. | happiness dissatisfied georgian heartless mary-balogh striving unhappy | Mary Balogh | |
| 62c474f | It was delicate and pretty and always semifashionable because it had never been ultrafashionable. | Mary Balogh | ||
| 4fb181c | Awfully?" she said, taking his arm to descend the stairs. "I am full of awe," he explained." | Mary Balogh | ||
| 5bfcff1 | He wanted desperately to love her, to be able to make her happy, to be a family with her and their children. He wanted the dream--home, wife, children, love, happiness. Not fleetingly--gone almost before he could grasp it, darkness at its heart--but forever. | Mary Balogh | ||
| e734e7c | Some people look forward to going to heaven after they die," he said. "For years after I purchased it, Rose Cottage was the earthly heaven to which I aspired." | Mary Balogh | ||
| c65a1dd | If you don't want to die, you should have never been born | Christopher Pike | ||
| 7ba6211 | My Dear Friend, You do not know me, but I know you. Since you first breathed in this world, I have watched you. The hopes you have wished, the worries you have feared, the sins you have committed-I know them all. I am The Observer, The Recorder. I am also The Punisher. The time has come for your punishment. Listen closely, the hourglass runs low. | christopher-pike threats punishment horror | Christopher Pike | |
| ed0ccd3 | That is the difference between you and me. You had only one story to tell.' She stops and grins once more. 'I have millions. | death queen-beetle roxanne-wells whisper-of-death christopher-pike storytellers stories | Christopher Pike | |
| a7f9008 | The dead might bleed, but they never cry. | Christopher Pike | ||
| 358a805 | Some look like us, most look very different. No two worlds are exactly alike. But every world, no matter how alien or strange, is part of a vast mosaic that floats on an ocean of love. Here I'm only talking about the physical worlds. There are dimensions beyond those you can see with your eyes. There are the realms of the gods, the lands of the demons, the vast kingdoms of the angels. All these places are spoken about in ancient scriptures .. | Christopher Pike | ||
| 6466853 | Even from high above, I could feel Amanda's hate. Or perhaps it was another dimension of my Shadow, my own hate for her closing in on me. Despite all I had learned and seen, I wished to God someone would choke her to death so I could get ahold of her and choke her some more. | hatred hate death amanda-parrish remember-me shari-cooper christopher-pike threats ghosts | Christopher Pike | |
| ada1a90 | Krishna means love," she said. "But Radha means longing. Longing is older than love. I am older than he. Did you know that, Sita?" | love radha sita the-last-vampire thirst | Christopher Pike | |
| 3d7f3b6 | He said, where there is love, there is my grace. | love yaksha sita the-last-vampire thirst | Christopher Pike | |
| 87f7854 | Life was like that, Alison thought, the world one day a dark and dreary place, the next day bright and full of promise. | Christopher Pike | ||
| be8ddde | She leans over Roop the way Sardarji leaned over Satya the years she cried for children, brushing tears from Roop's heavy lashes with her lips. She strokes her head as a mother would, says. "Slpee little one, we are together now." And Roop sleeps, overcome by the afternoon heat. While Satya watches her. So trusting, so very stupid." | sikh womens-fiction | Shauna Singh Baldwin | |
| 807e9dd | I stand on a vast grass field of many gently sloping hills. It is night, yet the sky is bright. There is no sun, but a hundred blazing blue stars, each shining in a long river of nebulous cloud. The air is warm, pleasant, fragrant with the perfume of a thousand invisible flowers. In the distance a stream of people walk toward a large vessel of some type, nestled between the hills. The ship is violet, glowing; the bright rays that stab forth.. | krishna sita spiritual-insights the-last-vampire thirst reincarnation | Christopher Pike | |
| 2f8dd55 | Si realmente quisiera tomarte el pelo te dejaria calvo. | Christopher Pike | ||
| 10a0875 | No digas eso. Ni siquiera lo pienses. -Es la verdad. -Muchas cosas tristes son verdad -Sentencio... | Christopher Pike | ||
| 0de8bf6 | I stand on a vast grass field of many gently sloping hills. It is night, yet the sky is bright. There is no sun, but a hundred blazing blue stars, each shining in a long river of nebulous cloud. The air is warm, pleasant, fragrant with the perfume of a thousand invisible flowers. In the distance a stream of people walk toward a large vessel of some type, nestled between the hills. The ship is violet, glowing; the bright rays that stab forth.. | krishna sita spiritual-insights the-last-vampire thirst reincarnation | Christopher Pike | |
| e90f4b8 | If I become like you, I will have no will of my own. I will have no individuality, I will just be your puppet.' 'True.' Sio smiled thinly. 'But even a puppet may dance before its strings are drawn tight. You will dance, Cass, and the heavens will applaud you. | horror-fiction | Christopher Pike | |
| 10cdd07 | As much as you long for it, it longs for you more. Take one step toward the Big Person and it will take a hundred steps toward you. | spiritual | Christopher Pike |