“The retreating tide had transformed the wet sands into a curving silver mirror that reflected the colours that flooded the pale sea and pearly sky in waves of wonder. The far islands had lost their look of shimmering transparency and… — 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
