Deanna Raybourn Quotes

If you were a man, your ladyship, I would cordially horsewhip you for that remark.

But this is a thing that I know--to live with fear is not to live at all. A man will die every moment he is afraid.

Fate is by far the greatest mystery of all.

You are curious and quick, you have a deft mind, and for some unaccountable reason, people tell you things -- useful things.

She didn't look at me and I didn't look at her. Some questions are so direct the only way to ask them is sideways.

To say that I met Nicholas Brisbane over my husband's dead body is not entirely accurate. Edward, it should be noted, was still twitching upon the floor.

Those are facts. Are they the truth? No, for they do not tell you of the heart, and that is where truth lives.

Without an expectation of success, one is rarely successful.

Oh, yes. I mean to marry him. But not because I want him to give me a life. I want to marry him to share the life I already have. The difference, I think you will find, is a significant one.

....Only you mattered in that moment. Only you. And I would have done anything to save you. I would have paid any price committed any sin sold my very soul to do it.

They have different accents in America " Brisbane smiled. "Just as we do here." I waved a hand. "They all sound alike to me.

Life is too uncertain... You must seize happiness where you find it.

I hesitated for all the right reasons. And I accepted for all the wrong ones.

I adored history, not the dry dates and boring battles, but the stories and the people who populated them.

If one has a purpose, life is bearable enough, do you not think so?

One is not born English without knowing how to converse easily about the weather.

Now I was more certain than ever of my decision. I could not love a man who did not love Jane Austen.

I see only a little, lady, but I know that your fortune is as twined with his as the ivy to the oak.

One of the joys of writing historical fiction is the chance to read as much as you like on a pet subject - so much that you could easily bore your friends senseless on the topic.

You have to love someone completely to be willing to destroy them.

I would kiss the ground where your shadow fell just to be near you.

Second rule of the bush. Never get too close to anything that has offspring.What's the first rule?Food runs. If you don't want to be food, don't run.