1,064 Quotes About Historical-romance

I'm asking you to tell Lady Cassandra about my good qualities as well as the bad ones.""What good qualities?" West inquired sharply.Tom had to think for a moment. "How rich I am?

You asked if I loved her? I can't even whisper her name, my heart would burst out of my chest.

Ring the bells that still can ring. Forget your perfect offering. There is a crack in everything. That's how the light gets in.-Leonard Cohen

Since Love is a greased pig wasn't a particularly dignified motto, she decided the Latin translation was more elegant: Amor est uncta porcus.

We men had a meeting a long time ago, and we all decided, 'It's trousers'. And that's what we've worn ever since.

What the dev— er, deuce did you do that for? It hurt!”“Good,” said the angel. “I was afraid these new shoes would not be sturdy enough.

There are all different kinds of smut,” Pandora said, warming to the subject. “Smut balls, loose smut, stinking smut—”“Pandora,” West interrupted in an undertone, “for the love of mercy, stop saying that word in public.

The sleeping draught began to take effect. Idita blew out the candles on the table. Just the torchlight from the courtyard shone into the room. “You will heal, Mauro,” she promised. He lay down on the cot and looked up at her through half-closed eyes. He knew she did not mean his arm. “I know I will.

Not for killing those men today. I am not talking about that.” He was serious now. “I know your secret, don’t I? The Baric secret you imprisoned my father for.”Mauro ran his fingers through his hair. “Ah, yes. That is a problem,” Mauro said calmly. “Can you keep a secret, like your father has all these years? Or will you double-cross me?” Their eyes met. It was a real question that Mauro wanted an answer to.