One is not born English without knowing how to converse easily about the weather. — Deanna Raybourn Copy Share Image
“You have to love someone completely to be willing to destroy them.” — Deanna Raybourn Copy Share Image
Now I was more certain than ever of my decision. I could not love a man who did not love Jane Austen. — Deanna Raybourn Copy Share Image
I see only a little, lady, but I know that your fortune is as twined with his as the ivy to the… — Deanna Raybourn Fortune Copy Share Image
“I slammed the door in her face and applied my bloody shoe to the lurkers in the bathtub,” — Deanna Raybourn Copy Share Image
They have different accents in America " Brisbane smiled. "Just as we do here." I waved a hand. "They all sound alike… — Deanna Raybourn Copy Share Image
To say that I met Nicholas Brisbane over my husband's dead body is not entirely accurate. Edward, it should be noted, was… — Deanna Raybourn Copy Share Image
“Second rule of the bush. Never get too close to anything that has offspring. What's the first rule? Food runs. If you… — Deanna Raybourn Food Copy Share Image
“You rise from your bed every day on two strong legs and can think only to complain that someone once spoke harshly… — Deanna Raybourn Copy Share Image
“Julia, we are all children at Christmastime.” “You are not,” I pointed out. He gave me a shadowy smile. “I think you… — Deanna Raybourn Children Copy Share Image
“He grinned. “You realise I’m reporting for duty on the second of January?” “Good. Then the last memory you’ll have of me… — Deanna Raybourn Copy Share Image
“It seemed a very great folly to attempt to force a declaration from him, but it seemed a greater folly to let… — Deanna Raybourn Love Copy Share Image
“My face grew hot. "We were discussing the investigation," I told him quickly. "He was here a quarter of an hour at… — Deanna Raybourn Father Copy Share Image
“She is wrong, you know. What you do is important. You save people,” I told him, pressing my lips to the half-moon… — Deanna Raybourn Copy Share Image
She left me then, surrounded by my extravagantly simple finery and I sat for a long time, uncomfortable both with the person… — Deanna Raybourn Acquaintance Copy Share Image
“We only kill people who are specifically targeted by the Museum for extermination and we don't freelance, ever. We don't murder on… — Deanna Raybourn Copy Share Image
“Brisbane put one in mind of wolves and lithe jungle cats, while Edward conjured images of seraphim and slim young saints. It… — Deanna Raybourn Brisbane Copy Share Image
“Are you going to say anything?" Brisbane crossed one leg lazily over the other flicking an imaginary piece of lint from his… — Deanna Raybourn Copy Share Image
“Oh, bless them,” Evie breathed. “Bless whom?” “All of them,” she said, throwing her arms wide as if to embrace the whole… — Deanna Raybourn Copy Share Image
When the wind is right and the cloud is gone, you can see down this road as far as Darjeeling," I told… — Deanna Raybourn Copy Share Image
“The other travellers do seem to have given us a wide berth,” I admitted. “Can you blame them?” He surveyed our possessions,… — Deanna Raybourn Circus Copy Share Image
“Aunt Dove stepped behind her and looked at her reflection in the cheval glass. “You haven’t been to India, pet, but in… — Deanna Raybourn Flower Copy Share Image
“The men stood back, chanting a song of one who would not be forgotten, of loved ones lost and returned to the… — Deanna Raybourn Copy Share Image
“I may not read tea leaves or palms, my lady, but it is easy enough to read faces. Yours is a questioning… — Deanna Raybourn Cats Copy Share Image
“A tiny smile played over his lips as he glanced down at my hand. "Do you mean to win me over with… — Deanna Raybourn Copy Share Image
“Portia countered with something cutting and I left my sisters quarrelling over the details whilst I mooned about, waiting for a letter… — Deanna Raybourn Friends and family Copy Share Image
“Brisbane!” I exclaimed, only his mouth was on mine and the word was lost. After a long and thoroughly pleasurable moment, he… — Deanna Raybourn Copy Share Image
“Do you know what the word fey means?” He shrugged. “It’s a Scots word, isn’t it? Something to do with fairies?” “It… — Deanna Raybourn Beautiful eyes Copy Share Image
“The windows had been thrown open to the summer breezes, and as Brisbane pressed me down onto the bed, I smelled the… — Deanna Raybourn Flowers Copy Share Image
“I can bear anything as long as I can have a bit of a laugh,” she told herself as she hurried down… — Deanna Raybourn Childhood friend Copy Share Image
“He had strong, steady hands, and I could tell from looking at them there was little he couldn't do. Mossy always said… — Deanna Raybourn Compassion Copy Share Image
“And yours? What is your opinion? Truly?” She turned to face me, her green eyes brilliant in the lamplight. “Would it matter?”… — Deanna Raybourn Copy Share Image
“I broke in swiftly. “How kind of you to renew your offer, your Grace. But I am afraid I must decline. Brisbane… — Deanna Raybourn Brisbane Copy Share Image
You are curious and quick, you have a deft mind, and for some unaccountable reason, people tell you things -- useful things. — Deanna Raybourn Copy Share Image
She didn't look at me and I didn't look at her. Some questions are so direct the only way to ask them… — Deanna Raybourn Copy Share Image
“Have you ever looked a starving beggar in the eye and thought that the privileges you enjoy are nothing more than a… — Deanna Raybourn Copy Share Image
“Debes prestarle atención a tu corazón, aunque no sepas adonde van a conducirte sus dictados. Hacer otra cosa sería abrirle la puerta… — Deanna Raybourn Amor Copy Share Image
“Gentlemen are champion sulkers so long as one doesn’t call the behavior by that name.” — Deanna Raybourn Behaviour Copy Share Image
“Mrs. de Morgan- How can you stand to be near him now that you know he has taken a life? Veronica- Because,… — Deanna Raybourn Copy Share Image
