Bastards Quote by William Shakespeare

“That small caress, such a simple show of affection, unleashed something coiled deep within Kenric. In that moment he finally understood what drove men…

— Elizabeth Elliott

“Knave of hearts and bane to all women, be it known that you must win your tournament for me, otherwise I shall have a…

— Kinley MacGregor

“It was the strain of a forsaken lady, who after bewailing the perfidy of her lover, calls her pride to her aid, desires her…

— Charlotte Brontë

“You see, he had once known a woman who had told herself she could do anything – and then decided she could do nothing;…

— Jojo Moyes

“He wanted women to love him, all women, beginning with his mother and going on from there. Therefore, whenever any woman got mad at…

— Jeffrey Eugenides

“I’ve known Saracens I’d trust before the common run of the crusaders, men honourable, generous and courteous, who would have scorned to haggle and…

— Ellis Peters

“I ought then to have been happy; I was not. It struck me that my mother had just made a first concession which must…

— Marcel Proust

“He was being the scrupulously honorable gentleman, she realized, protecting her name, taking the consequences of his own indiscretion. She understood all that and…

— Mary Balogh

“And, to tell finally my greatest service, I've kept him from a thousand vicious acts, for low and vile things could never serve to…

— Petrarch

“She knew her own worth. She would seize her destiny with all the strength and spirit within her, and bend them all to her…

— Julie C. Dao

“The world, someone once said, gives back what is given. In abundance. But then, as Kallor would point out, someone was always saying something.…

— Steven Erikson

“He had no ideal world of dead heroes; he knew little of the life of men in the past; he must find the beings…

— George Eliot