After spending all of her girlhood fervently wishing she could run away from home— she’d actually done it.

Cleverness is like rouge - liberal application makes a woman look common and desperate. Wit is knowing how to apply it.

He couldn’t compare a woman to a torrentially beautiful monsoon, and then look surprised that he’d gotten wet.

Certainty becomes you.

Is it truly so unfathomable, that an imperfect girl might be perfectly loved?

Oh no. Don't smile. You'll kill me. I stop breathing when you smile.

Don’t. Don’t play that game.” His brow pressed to hers. “When I heard you cry out . . . it was like a saber to the gut. I wanted to die.

Forgive me, Your Grace. Are you suggesting a woman is some sort of … piece of fruit to you? One squeeze, and you know if she’s ripe?

A man might engage in flirtation with distinterest, even disdain. But he never teases without affection.

What is the world coming to, with these modern women? A man can't tell them what to do.

The Blushing Pansy," his cousin read aloud, in a tone of abject horror. "Tea shop and confectionery." Bram swore. This was going to be ugly.

Even if others tried to prove me wrong, I know myself that what I said was right.

People are screwed up in this world. I'd rather be with someone screwed and open about it than somebody perfect and...you know... ready to explode.

Always let your inner light shine. By doing so, you not only light a path for yourself, but also light a way for others.

I am grateful for all the trials for that made be a better person.

... When Princes devote themselves rather to pleasure than to arms, they lose their dominions.

My between-books strategy was reading voraciously and on a whim.

A drainless shower of light is poesy 'tis the supreme of power 'tis might half slumb'ring on its own right arm.

If you have got the public in the palm of your hand, you can be sure that is where they want to be.

The relationship between the obedience of Gods people and the triumph of Gods cause is not a relationship of cause and effect but one of cross and resurrection.

I like reading. I prefer not reading on my computer, because that makes whatever I am reading feel like work. I do not mind reading on my iPad.