Parenting Quote by Charles Dickens

“A little murmur of admiration greeted this neat reply and on the crest of it the hostess rose to dismiss the meeting. The ladies…

— Evelyn Waugh

“Ismae, I would offer you marriage if you would have it.” My whole body stills, shocked at the honor he would do me, an…

— Robin LaFevers

“Then they went up the steps of the neighbouring Saint George's Church, and went up to the altar, where Daniel Doyce was waiting in…

— Charles Dickens

“I don't think there'll be a next time, my lady.” Saint smiled. “But thank you for the offer.” Her eyebrows lifted in surprise. “You're…

— Suzanne Enoch

“Honoria had a plan. It had come to her in church that morning. (The ladies went; the gentlemen somehow managed to get out of…

— Julia Quinn

“I want to stand at the altar while you walk down the aisle in a beautiful dress. I’ll take you to Italy on our…

— Denise Grover Swank

“Honestly, I wish I were dead. Weeping many tears, she left me and said, “Alas, how terribly we suffer, Sappho. I really leave you…

— Sappho

“Out in Saxe-Coburg Street she stood still for a moment and looked at the gardens. He kissed me, she thought. He made the move;…

— Alexander McCall Smith

“I’m quite certain that Mr. Drury will no longer be a problem.” She laughed again, though Robert could tell it was through tears. “Yes,…

— Cindy Anstey

“Just think, she said to herself. I could be living on the Right Bank. I could be married to a senior clerk at the…

— Hilary Mantel

“She is very wonderful, Bertie. She is not one of these flippant, shallow-minded, modern girls. She is sweetly grave and beautifully earnest. She reminds…

— P.G. Wodehouse

“I so loved the nobility of your character, your wisdom, your chastity, your spirit, and indeed every aspect of your life that many people…

— Hildegard of Bingen