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“It still shocked her. In the quiet moments when she took in her surroundings. She was in friggin’ seventeenth century Scotland. Here on a…

— Angela Quarles

“Out in the country it was not uncommon to discover that she had slipped away, alone, out to the lake, maybe, or down to…

— Donna Tartt

“Each night before sleep, she murmured her prayer into her pillow. “Ser Gregor,” it went. “Dunsen, Raff the Sweetling, Ser Ilyn, Ser Meryn, Queen…

— George R.R. Martin

“It was all too much. I went to bed for three days, sick like an Austen or a Bronte character who'd foolishly wandered the…

— Heather Brittain Bergstrom

“As her words sink in, Matthew grips my shoulder. In times like this, I always ask myslef, What woud William Wallace do? His eyes…

— Emma Chase, Tangled

“You're not going to see any former suitors in Forest Crest, are you?" An impish twinkle appeared in her eyes. "No, Mr. Morgan, I…

— Lisa Kleypas

“When she thought of how Lord Northcliff was ruining the life of a poor, sweet, old lady, she wanted to shriek with frustration. She…

— Christina Dodd

“Secrets,” the little girl continued with a grin. “He's just waiting to find out what he's forgotten, that's all.” “Dear Lord,” Elizabeth sighed, “give…

— Amy Cross

“He only wished that she were still here. It was good to be here with Jem and Cecily and Charlotte, to be surrounded by…

— Cassandra Clare

“The daemon glanced at his watch. The day was young, but he already knew why his friend was in Scotland. Matthew Clairmont was falling…

— Deborah Harkness

“I would’ve loved to return to me home of Ireland, but Joshua never made the bloody pikes he was flogged for.”

— Sharon Robards

“It was difficult to understand that he would not come into the bungalow again and that when he got up in the morning she…

— W. Somerset Maugham