Historical Romance Quotes

I'm not going to accept your challenge. There will be no duel.""Why not? Because I'm a woman?""No, because I've seen the way you spinsters handle a pistol. You'd shoot me dead where I stood.

From my friend, Brig. General Ezell Ware, Jr., CA Nat'l Guard, Dec.Keep on going till you get there, then keep going.

Her, ” he said. “I’ll take her.

Have you always been this skilled with women?" - Joseph to Iain

Ruth wiped her eyes. Successful at a price? Forgiven but damaged? She wished so much more for her baby sister.

Because I can only love you entirely. With everything I am, and everything I ever will be. Body, mind, heart, soul.” - Victor Bramwell, Earl of Rycliff.

When she shines we all bask in her happiness, but when the thunderstorms come in, let me warn you, find a faraway hiding hole." Dorothy Broadbelt, lady in waiting to Queen Elizabeth 1.

To those who have fought for it, freedom has a flavor that the protected will never know.

This blood feud is a bit too Shakespearean, if ye want the truth. I’m no Montague, and ye’re no Capulet.

A love so true, so consuming, so good.

Except I was hoping someday to see you standing on a ship's deck in your shirtsleeves with a cutlass between your teeth.""Maybe it can be arranged

A woman’s lust is addictive, " he murmured, marveling at the wetness coating his fingers as he stroked her. She trembled and her breath hitched in response. "It inspires a man to touch and to taste.

I'll be fine. It's just hard to love somebody who doesn't love you back, " Fallon answered.

Our glass train, on fragile tracksBeneath bombs that fall like the floodTo wash away the shards—But all this sorrow will recedeAnd we will leaveTwo by twoAnd until then, I will only think of you.

You should not have kissed me, " she replied breathlessly."I do a lot of things I shouldn't. It does not mean I won't do them again.

Her beloved lunatic needed her–whether he knew it or not. Whatever it took, she was not leaving without him.

... but we’ll be back for dinner … especially if you’re having soup de jour!”“Now, Troy! You know very well that soup de jour means ‘soup of the day.’ It changes every time!

Love was like a stock, Lizzie realized. You gambled on its paying off in the long run—but it could just as easily cost you everything.

You challenge me to be a better person. And no one else does that, except maybe my mother.

You can't be perfect. No one is. That's why we need God.

And the only hope-perhaps the real hope he'd been missing all along-was found in God.

You're safe now.

Her face a mask of fury and determination.

But she'd learned instead to hope in the one Beacon that would always be there, no matter what darkness came her way.

The love within them shone as brightly as the lighthouse beam on the darkest, stormiest night. It broke through her confusion and heartache and filled her with a warm glow.

He picked up the hairbrush and handed it to her. "What were you planning to do with that, comb me to death?

It's a jump, Minuette, that's all it is. A jump out of this world, straight into my arms."Incredibly, she managed to smile. "You will catch me?"He pressed his lips against hers. "Always.

So you wish me to forget that you are a sheikh and a prince and a crown prince and soon to be King? That is a lot to forget.

There is an old saying, that in the desert a camel is more useful than a kingdom, " he said ruefully, "but as a location for lovemaking, it leaves a lot to be desired.

Was your magic carpet out of commission?

It seems you want me at your mercy, Princess. Question is, why?No, she whispered, question is do I?

Only two things kept her from loathing him.The expression on his face when he'd said, "France." And the expression on his face when he'd said, "home.

He wished for access to all the world's languages at once, for then he would have a better word for how he felt and what she was.

You want me at your mercy, Princess. Question is, why?”“No, ” she whispered. “Question is, do I?

She wanted to savor him slowly like a lemon cream pie on a lazy summer day. One bite at a time.

A man who is born to be hanged can never be drowned.

You could cut...all that

You don’t have to prove something to feel it, to know it exists.

Vintage kisses, " Finlay said. "If only they could be bottled, you would have an elixir beyond price.

Those were the kind of kisses to keep a man awake at night, wanting more. Now, shall we drink this excellent wine and get on with the rest of the tour?

The Jock Upstart, is what Wellington calls - called me. A man who does not know his allotted place in the scheme of things.

I don’t fear you. It’s my feelings for you that I fear.

I steal from the rich to give to myself.

Having our voices heard in the wilderness is akin to sharing our souls. Angelina J. Windsor

Romance means believing you are worthy of a happy ending.

Until we find Enio, I'm closer to you than your own shadow.

If you insist on standing in such a state of undress, it is your shadow that will have to get out of my way.

She lifted her chin and glared at him. “If you had but asked, I would’ve informed you that I do not attend masquerades.” “That is precisely why I didn’t ask.

Warning: Contains a Norman warrior with a thirst for justice, a Welsh rebel princess with second sight and a steady bow hand, magical prophecies, and a plot of royal proportions.

You've always done as you pleased, Princess. I can't change you, nor do I want to. You're strong, a fighter. And I've never wanted another woman as I want you.