“Oh don't be pompous and gloomy,darling," chided Amalfi. "There are thousands of places just as lovely as this. And as peaceful." "That's where you are wrong," said Tyson,leaning his elbows on the warm stone. "I've seen a lot of the… — M.M. Kaye Copy Share Image
I still subscribe to the minority view that all horses are offensive weapons and not to be trusted a yard. — M.M. Kaye Copy Share Image
“Look,' said Sarah leaning forward, 'do you see any green in my eye?' 'Yes,' said Charles with disconcerting promptness: 'emeralds and peridots and jade,… — M.M. Kaye Copy Share Image
“Oh don't be pompous and gloomy,darling," chided Amalfi. "There are thousands of places just as lovely as this. And as peaceful." "That's where you… — M.M. Kaye Copy Share Image
“Like dark hills of water that mounted higher and higher as they neared the shore, their crests and flanks streaked with livid bars of… — M.M. Kaye Copy Share Image
“because Afghanistan is no country to fight a war in – and an impossible one to hold if you win.” — M.M. Kaye Copy Share Image
...for though she was ordinary, she possessed health, wit, courage, charm, and cheerfulness. But because she was not beautiful, no one ever seemed to… — M.M. Kaye Copy Share Image
within that ageing outer shell we remain very much the same as we did in our late teens and early twenties. — M.M. Kaye Copy Share Image
It is not an easy thing to be a woman and love with the whole heart: which men do not understand -- having many… — M.M. Kaye Copy Share Image
“The cool, pearly sheen of dawn had warmed in the East to a blaze of vivid rose that deepened along the horizon's edge to… — M.M. Kaye Copy Share Image
Common sense will nearly always stand you in better stead than a slavish adherence to the conventions. — M.M. Kaye Copy Share Image
“The retreating tide had transformed the wet sands into a curving silver mirror that reflected the colours that flooded the pale sea and pearly… — M.M. Kaye Copy Share Image
