--- title: "3 Heartache Quotes By V.S. Carnes" description: "3 Heartache quotes by V.S. Carnes. Plus more from V.S. Carnes and more Heartache sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d1a/v-s-carnes-10874_heartache_by-now-she-was-far-from-the-scorch-of-th_1031894.jpg" --- > [“By now, she was far from the scorch of these sands. After the ransom deal, she would be safely married in England.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/v-s-carnes/by-now-she-was-far-from-the-scorch-of-these-sands-after-the-ransom/) [V.S. Carnes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/v-s-carnes/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d1a/v-s-carnes-10874_heartache_by-now-she-was-far-from-the-scorch-of-th_1031894.jpg) > [“Caine might have smiled at her, had his heart not been breaking to smithereens inside of him.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/v-s-carnes/caine-might-have-smiled-at-her-had-his-heart-not-been-breaking-to/) [V.S. Carnes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/v-s-carnes/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b98/v-s-carnes-10874_heartache_caine-might-have-smiled-at-her-had-his-h_1477796.jpg) > [“Better this way, what remained of his battered sensibilities told him. He was no good for her, anyway. She didn’t understand him.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/v-s-carnes/better-this-way-what-remained-of-his-battered-sensibilities-told-him/) [V.S. Carnes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/v-s-carnes/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/833/v-s-carnes-10874_heartache_better-this-way-what-remained-of-his-bat_2080696.jpg) ## Other authors on Heartache - [Blondie 14 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/heartache/blondie/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b020/author-rachel-copeland-76716.jpg) Rachel Copeland 10 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/heartache/rachel-copeland/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b001/author-nishan-panwar-14.jpg) Nishan Panwar 9 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/heartache/nishan-panwar/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b001/author-kemis-khan-739.jpg) Kemis Khan 9 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/heartache/kemis-khan/) - [Richelle E. 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Her accent was getting no better. “Now, you can never take it back.” “Well, what does…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/v-s-carnes/just-say-dakhilak-without-hesitation-dakhilak-he-nodded-her-accent/) [V.S. Carnes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/v-s-carnes/) > [“She was a little thing, too, inciting that basic compulsion in him as a man to protect her in so hectic a place as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/v-s-carnes/she-was-a-little-thing-too-inciting-that-basic-compulsion-in-him-as-a/) [V.S. Carnes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/v-s-carnes/) > [“What she knew was sand and wind and innumerable stars. The rumble in a camel’s throat as it swayed over shifting dunes, its trappings…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/v-s-carnes/what-she-knew-was-sand-and-wind-and-innumerable-stars-the-rumble-in-a/) [V.S. Carnes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/v-s-carnes/) > [“He squinted at her. He recalled the tears in her eyes that had not fallen into her teacup. No, it wasn’t a revelation. Not…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/v-s-carnes/he-squinted-at-her-he-recalled-the-tears-in-her-eyes-that-had-not/) [V.S. Carnes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/v-s-carnes/) > [“He felt, rather than saw, her chin lift toward him. But instead of pulling her hand from his grip and turning away, she tightened…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/v-s-carnes/he-felt-rather-than-saw-her-chin-lift-toward-him-but-instead-of/) [V.S. Carnes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/v-s-carnes/) > [“Somehow, I did not finger you for a treasure-hunter.” “Oh, but I am,” without shame. “Her name is Titianni Aziz.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/v-s-carnes/somehow-i-did-not-finger-you-for-a-treasure-hunter-oh-but-i-am/) [V.S. Carnes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/v-s-carnes/) > [“La mu’axsa, but I think I’ll just keep sliding down this greased pole to hell?”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/v-s-carnes/la-mu-axsa-but-i-think-i-ll-just-keep-sliding-down-this-greased-pole/) [V.S. Carnes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/v-s-carnes/) > [“There will always be another war, Gillia.” He allowed his cynicism to seep through. “Do you know why? Because there will always be bigots…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/v-s-carnes/there-will-always-be-another-war-gillia-he-allowed-his-cynicism-to/) [V.S. Carnes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/v-s-carnes/) > [“It came as naturally to him as breathing or lying, or worse. His mama had only taught her son to be cautious at all…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/v-s-carnes/it-came-as-naturally-to-him-as-breathing-or-lying-or-worse-his-mama/) [V.S. Carnes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/v-s-carnes/) > [“She wondered how a man could look into a woman’s eyes and lie so completely, so convincingly. She wondered how he could have looked…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/v-s-carnes/she-wondered-how-a-man-could-look-into-a-woman-s-eyes-and-lie-so/) [V.S. Carnes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/v-s-carnes/) > [“When silence greeted her question, she looked at Caine—for that was how he saw himself in that moment and in all the moments after:…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/v-s-carnes/when-silence-greeted-her-question-she-looked-at-caine-for-that-was/) [V.S. Carnes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/v-s-carnes/) > [“And what was to become of what he had taken from her? He had dashed her heart to the ground and danced on it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/v-s-carnes/and-what-was-to-become-of-what-he-had-taken-from-her-he-had-dashed/) [V.S. Carnes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/v-s-carnes/) > [“Wait for me.” If his voice was just a bit hoarse, she didn’t seem to take note of it. She looked at him as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/v-s-carnes/wait-for-me-if-his-voice-was-just-a-bit-hoarse-she-didn-t-seem-to/) [V.S. Carnes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/v-s-carnes/) > [“Oh, Lord, why was she doomed to adore a man steeped in blindness and utter stupidity?”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/v-s-carnes/oh-lord-why-was-she-doomed-to-adore-a-man-steeped-in-blindness-and/) [V.S. Carnes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/v-s-carnes/) > [“I will not marry Ashton. However bound by honor to do so, I will not marry Ashton. I will not marry, ever!” “Why not?”…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/v-s-carnes/i-will-not-marry-ashton-however-bound-by-honor-to-do-so-i-will-not/) [V.S. Carnes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/v-s-carnes/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/heartache/v-s-carnes/#itemlist", "name": "3 Heartache Quotes By V.S. Carnes", "numberOfItems": 3, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“By now, she was far from the scorch of these sands. 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