“Has he ever even said he loved you?" "He's been telling me for years," she said softly, "I just wasn't listening” — Connie Brockway Copy Share Image
“There are moments on stage when everything comes together. Then the kid in the front row coughs.” — Connie Brockway Acting Copy Share Image
“If you forget your lines, you had better mumble with conviction.” — Connie Brockway Advice Copy Share Image
“He had just brought Richelieu back down to the ground after a frolicsome attempt to touch a cloud with his front hooves.” — Connie Brockway Hooves Copy Share Image
“Robin had never been in love before, which is precisely how he recognized the sensation with such absolute certainty.” — Connie Brockway Absolute certainty Copy Share Image
The lower your decolletage, the less the need for conversation. — Connie Brockway Communication Copy Share Image
“Better to follow a woman’s example than mindlessly heed the dictates of men.” — Connie Brockway Feminism Copy Share Image
“You are my country, Desdemona.” Yearning, harsh and poignant, and she felt herself swaying toward him. “My Egypt. My hot, harrowing desert… — Connie Brockway Patriotism Copy Share Image
“The heart doesn’t ask permission. It is singularly unconcerned with the qualifications of those it chooses to love. It mocks the intellect,… — Connie Brockway Heart Copy Share Image
“The sound of the surf mingled with the wind rushing in his ears, and still it did not drown out the sound… — Connie Brockway Good enough Copy Share Image
“He wanted her. Her. Nothing could take that away from her. Ever. He wanted her, not the status he thought her purloined… — Connie Brockway Heart Copy Share Image
“The knowledge that she was needed by something living, that she could benefit another creature, produce happiness, or contentment, or just a… — Connie Brockway Contentment Copy Share Image
“Without remorse she gave good-bye to her fantasies. They'd served their purpose, they'd awoken her heart to its potential. But as far… — Connie Brockway Fantasies Copy Share Image
“War does not ask which of its victims deserves to die and which does not. It is indiscriminate. Innocent as well as… — Connie Brockway Peace Copy Share Image
“Do you gamble, Captain MacNeill?” “Never, sir.” “No?” the marquis looked surprised. “Thought you soldiers were all inveterate gamblers.” “Only with our… — Connie Brockway Gamblers Copy Share Image
“Avery?" she whispered. He gathered her closer, his eyes still closed. "Avery?" "Shh." His voice was low and infinitely sad. "Hush. Tomorrow's… — Connie Brockway Love Copy Share Image
“Will you honor your note, Mr. Powell?” she asked, ignoring his nonsense. He leaned back, his hands curling around the edge of… — Connie Brockway Copy Share Image
“Where will you go? What will you do?" he demanded. "That need be no concern of yours--" "The hell it isn't!" he… — Connie Brockway Copy Share Image
“It looks fine, Beverly.” “I grow faint at such praise.” “Don’t let it go to your head. We still have, what? Another… — Connie Brockway Copy Share Image
“He stopped. She heard the intake of his breath. “You are my country, Desdemona.” Yearning, harsh and poignant and she felt herself… — Connie Brockway Copy Share Image
Pain is the only reward for clinging to impossible dreams." (Harry Braxton) — Connie Brockway Copy Share Image
“Ignorance is never better. I may not like what I learn, but I would rather know the truth than naively give credence… — Connie Brockway Ignorance Copy Share Image
“[S]he hardly deserved to be labeled a witch.' 'I find it hard to believe anyone could take such a thing seriously. This… — Connie Brockway Dark ages Copy Share Image
I am no good without you, Ginesse,” he said. “I spent a lifetime alone, but I never understood loneliness until I was… — Connie Brockway Away from you Copy Share Image