Character Quote by Mary Balogh

“Why is it," she asked, snuggling closer, "that I so often imagine myself running away and running free?”

— Mary Balogh

“Ah, but dreams cannot be captured with promises," he said. "Like water, they elude our grasp. But water is the staff of life. I…

— Mary Balogh

“What sort of man could you love for a lifetime?" he asked her. She was silent for a while. He guessed that she was…

— Mary Balogh

“Even at its darkest moment, life was a precious gift.”

— Mary Balogh

“Sometimes children do not realize by how fragile a thread their security hangs. Perhaps it is as well they do not - most of…

— Mary Balogh

“Would she be able to bear never seeing him again? Never in this life?”

— Mary Balogh

“Sometimes love was to be grasped in any form and in any manner it was offered. And sometimes love must be given in the…

— Mary Balogh

“When we last out at ourselves for having lost control, we are reminded that we never can be in total control, that all life…

— Mary Balogh

“Love does not deck the beloved in chains. It just is.”

— Mary Balogh

“This is your home,’ he said. ‘You are mistress of Finchley Park, Vanessa. You may do whatever you wish.’ Her smile broadened. ‘Within reason,’…

— Mary Balogh

“She bit her lower lip hard and blinked her eyes. There was such wistfulness and longing in his voice. Oh, she was going to…

— Mary Balogh

“following spring to find himself a”

— Mary Balogh