Deanna Raybourn Quotes
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Eva Stachniak has given readers a thrilling glimpse into the scandals and secrets at the heart of the Russian Imperial court. With deft prose and…
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I hesitated for all the right reasons. And I accepted for all the wrong ones.
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If you were a man, your ladyship, I would cordially horsewhip you for that remark.
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Life is too uncertain... You must seize happiness where you find it.
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Without an expectation of success, one is rarely successful.
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I would give up everything for you, Giulia" I smiled at him gently. "But you must understand. I should never want a man to give…
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Those are facts. Are they the truth? No, for they do not tell you of the heart, and that is where truth lives.
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To say that I met Nicholas Brisbane over my husband's dead body is not entirely accurate. Edward, it should be noted, was still twitching upon…
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What virtue is there in a man who demonstrates goodness because he has been bred to it? It is his habit from youth. But a…
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Fate is by far the greatest mystery of all.
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When the wind is right and the cloud is gone, you can see down this road as far as Darjeeling," I told her. "But it…
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She left me then, surrounded by my extravagantly simple finery and I sat for a long time, uncomfortable both with the person I had been…
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I adored history, not the dry dates and boring battles, but the stories and the people who populated them.
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If one has a purpose, life is bearable enough, do you not think so?
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One is not born English without knowing how to converse easily about the weather.
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Now I was more certain than ever of my decision. I could not love a man who did not love Jane Austen.
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I see only a little, lady, but I know that your fortune is as twined with his as the ivy to the oak.
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I stepped closer still. He closed his eyes again and covered my hand with his own. 'You smell of violets. You always smell of violets,'…
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After a moment, he turned sharply to me. 'Are you quite all right?' 'Yes, perfectly. Why do you ask?' 'Because I have just called you…
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Oh, yes. I mean to marry him. But not because I want him to give me a life. I want to marry him to share…
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