I hesitated for all the right reasons. And I accepted for all the wrong ones. — Deanna Raybourn Copy Share Image
“I think people are much the same wherever you go. Some of them good, some of them clever, and some of them… — Deanna Raybourn Copy Share Image
“I'd had my heart broken, you see. Fell in love with the wrong chap and he crushed me right down to the… — Deanna Raybourn Copy Share Image
“He isn't interested in simple. He wants what he wants. No matter how much trouble she is and no matter whether he… — Deanna Raybourn Love Copy Share Image
“Yo no he dicho eso. Tiene usted el don de sacar el peor significado posible de mis palabras. Nicholas Brisbane” — Deanna Raybourn Amor Copy Share Image
“Men, I had often observed, were never happier than when they believed they were imparting wisdom.” — Deanna Raybourn Happiness 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
“Have you not yet learned that it is easier to pull a star down from the heavens than to bend a woman… — Deanna Raybourn Copy Share Image
“Because if we're on the road to hell, we're going to dance the whole damn way and give them something to talk… — Deanna Raybourn Dancing Copy Share Image
“...it all fell into place and I simply knew, as one knows that fire is hot and sleep is sweet. It was… — Deanna Raybourn Elemental Copy Share Image
“Did you mean what you said? You will pursue this?' Brisbane sipped at his tea. 'I suppose. I have a few other… — Deanna Raybourn Courage Copy Share Image
“Apparently, he uses disguises sometimes in the course of his investigations. In his liaison with Mariah, he used them for discretion. He… — Deanna Raybourn Copy Share Image
What virtue is there in a man who demonstrates goodness because he has been bred to it? It is his habit from… — Deanna Raybourn Copy Share Image
“I reached up to press a kiss to his cheek. "Do not be too angry with Father. He did not mean it… — Deanna Raybourn Angry Copy Share Image
Oh, yes. I mean to marry him. But not because I want him to give me a life. I want to marry… — Deanna Raybourn Differences Copy Share Image
“He slid his arms around her. “Is that how you fixed us together? Magic potions in my evening whisky?” She put her… — Deanna Raybourn Copy Share Image
I am sorry " I murmured. "I know. I ought not to have threatened to beat you " he returned. He pressed… — Deanna Raybourn Copy Share Image
“Be calm," she said soothingly, and I realized she was not talking to the bird. "How am I supposed to be calm?… — Deanna Raybourn Peace Copy Share Image
“By the time I had gathered my wits sufficiently to press the point the lamps had guttered out and Brisbane was sleeping… — Deanna Raybourn Copy Share Image
“Aunt Dove gave her a wink. “Just enjoy yourself, pet. And if you see a likely lad, make sure you dance with… — Deanna Raybourn Enjoy yourself Copy Share Image
“I put my hands on my hips, not caring if I sounded like a Billingsgate fishwife. “Yes, it was a dangerous thing… — Deanna Raybourn Mistress Copy Share Image
“It will be full dark soon, and I do not like the look of that sky. The temperature is falling as well,"… — 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
“I had a vision of you, the first time I stepped into Grey House, the night Edward died. That was why I… — Deanna Raybourn Dreams Copy Share Image
“He cupped the back of her head with one large hand and kissed her, slowly, sweetly, as if he were courting her… — Deanna Raybourn Copy Share Image
“Brisbane had arrived! I had not seen him for nearly two months, and I was not prepared to wait a minute more.… — Deanna Raybourn Long drive 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
“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
“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
“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
“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
…Only you mattered in that moment. Only you. And I would have done anything to save you. I would have paid any… — Deanna Raybourn Copy Share Image
But this is a thing that I know--to live with fear is not to live at all. A man will die every… — Deanna Raybourn Copy Share Image
Those are facts. Are they the truth? No, for they do not tell you of the heart, and that is where truth… — Deanna Raybourn Facts Copy Share Image
“Of course, he was absolutely correct, it was no concern of mine. So naturally I thought about it--excessively.” — 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
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
“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
