Historical Quotes

To secure his king's trust, his family's future, and perhaps even his own happiness, he needed to convince her he was more than a mercenary -- in fact, a man who would stand by her side.

I'll kiss your feet if you'd scratch my nose.

Being a pioneering reformer is all fine and good, but it does leave one terribly in want of agood party!

She frowned at him. "Not every man thinks constantly of... of..."Darach grinned. "Aye, they do, demoiselle. Every man, from the time he is about ten until the day he dies, thinks frequently of that.

Camhanach, it is a bargain as old as the world itself." He chuckled."Women want protection...men want a willing lass to warm their bed.

And of course it has nothing to do with the fact that I haven't been with a women since I came to your bed back in February-Devlin.

To Jane's horror, he unfolded her paper and read aloud. "Possible Candidates as Lovers.

...People - the ones who are left behind - desire answers. Even when we are advised from beyond the grave not to pursue them.

...You, you look -- bien -- exactly what you were, a high-ranking British officer, used to unwavering obedience and with the air of a Greek god, gazing down on us mere mortals.

The soldier in the portrait had been a respected and admired officer...The man he had become was fighting a different battle now. He had his demons, just as she had her ghosts.

You! That is what is behind this. Ever since you -- As if I didn't have enough on my mind without having to lie awake thinking of you and your damned kisses and your damned questions.

Maman’s life was an unfinished book. Celeste had to discover the ending, and then she could close the cover for ever.

Where is your Revolutionary spirit?""Beheaded, " Celeste said.

Claire coaxed free another loop of cloth. The slow side of cotton against cotton matched the soft tenor or her voice.'I have lots of talents Mr. Ryland. Listening is only one of them.

There is no shame in being illiterate. One need only feel ashamed when one denies the opportunity to learn.

I point out. It was the most foolish, jape-fisted bit of buffoonery I have ever seen, and I am impressed in spite of that.

Husband-hunting. Always a rousing sport. I suppose you go there dressed to kill.""No, indeed. What good is a dead husband?" She smiled airily. "I go dressed to maim only.

There's no need for chains. I can still take you until you're begging for more.

I've never done this with a woman like you before. Never wanted to. I only know... I don't want it to end.

She thinks I'm too...impulsive.""Can't imagine why, " Tristan muttered, "when you do things like ride off into the woods after gentlemen in pursuit of a thief---

You like this darkness. You like learning me by feel.” Feeling very bold indeed, she nuzzled at him until she found his mouth with her own. “I like it too.

I have never paid for fornication, and I don't intend to begin with you. When you come to me, and come to me you shall, you shall do so of your own accord and wholly free of all commerce and custom.

They should put their clothes on if they could find them which might be difficult in the darkness.He decided that could wait until dawn.

He kept pushing her, expecting for her to break. Fearing it. But he was the one who splintered apart. He was the one who broke.

What have I done?" he asked, his voice raw. "You used to be such a sane, sensible lady.""You took me on a journey into my own heart.

The worst mistake I ever made has become the best thing I ever did.- Darius Wainwright

I live to bring you pleasure.” To Gilly, his words rang like a vow.

So you are the brash young lover returned from the dead?" the Frenchman finally said."And you are the devoted fiance returned from the card room, " Robert shot back...

Mercia wasn’t a little-in-love sort of man. He was mad, dark passion, sweeping emotion, and complete loss of reason, with his gaunt male beauty, his wealth and power, and his haunted past.

He rose up like a languid god after devouring a bountiful feast.

You make me burn with life, and yearn to set aside my cold and distant, solitary ways.

Release Lady Mirabelle and the kitten or I’ll run you through, skewering your belly, pinching out your life.

You have not known very many men.""I have no wish to know any others. I love this one.

I would be anyone if only I could be with you.

As he looked at her, she felt that flood of restlessness that she now knew was called desire.

Sparhawk had fallen into a nest of pirates.

There is not a man alive who would not want you.

Now that you made me a knight again", he said lightly, "I'll have to keep my mind on certain knightly virtues like chastity."Ciara could not remember that ever being a knightly virtue.

Enya assessed him like a woman would a piece of fine cloth. "Rugged land for a rugged man.

I've tried to deny it even to myself...My heart and soul are filled with you.

Ciara, there are certain things a man does not ask of a lady.""You are not asking.""Aye.

I said kiss me again.” A sultry smile curved her lips. “Would that be such a difficult task to perform?”Christ almighty, she wanted him to kiss her again. And she was ordering him to do so.

I sincerely pity the poor man you marry. I doubt he’ll have a moment’s peace.

Ah, does my princess now want what I offer?

I would have asked you to let down your hair" turning to regard her with a grin, his teeth a slash of white in his blackened face."But it is not quite long enough anymore.

If one plays with fire, one should be prepared to burn, Jane.”“You say that as if I’m in danger from you.”“Maybe you are, ” Tobias growled as the scent of her invaded his nostrils...

A fiery little cat you are, Caecelia. Like a lioness in heat, oh how you bloom.

Now you also know what it is to be wanted and loved.

Let me have you in the most intimate ofways, let me give you a part of myself that no other man may touch.Make me yours forever.

Pain is in the mind. And, in my mind, ma chérie … I was withyou.