Age Quote by Barbara Taylor Bradford

“By the time she had finished, her hand was in Elizabeth's firm clasp again. Her touch was strangely comforting—a woman's touch signifying a woman's…

— Mary Balogh

“As he quitted the room, Elizabeth felt how improbable it was that they should ever see each other again on such terms of cordiality...…

— Jane Austen

“Mary, throughout her life, sought her friendships with women. She was attracted to sisterly relationships where she, a queen since birth, was naturally deferred…

— Jane Dunn

“Margot was utterly unable to control her fury. “I was so greatly offended with this fresh indignity, after so many of the kind formerly…

— Nancy Goldstone

“Of all the women to wander into his lonely life, it had to be the cousin of the queen. That alone put her firmly…

— Vivienne Savage

“Elizabeth could never address her without feeling that all the comfort of intimacy was over, and, though determined not to slacken as a correspondent,…

— Jane Austen

“Elizabeth, that for some time all intercourse was at an end. But at length, by Elizabeth's persuasion, he was prevailed on to overlook the…

— Jane Austen

“He stared at her in insolent silence, unable to believe the alluring, impulsive girl he remembered had become this coolly aloof, self-possessed young woman.…

— Judith McNaught

“To Elizabeth it appeared that, had her family made an agreement to expose themselves as much as they could during the evening, it would…

— Jane Austen

“Lady Cameron,” he said, playing his role with elan as he nodded toward Ian. “You recall our friend Lord Thornton, Marquess of Kensington, I…

— Judith McNaught

Elizabeth’s entire body started to tremble as his lips began descending to hers. and she sought to forestall what her heart knew was inevitable…

— Judith McNaught

“I only have the story in two parts from Miss Throckmorton-Jones. The first time she spoke she was under the influence of laudanum. Today…

— Judith McNaught