Deanna Raybourn Quotes

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Now I was more certain than ever of my decision. I could not love a man who did not love Jane Austen.

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I hesitated for all the right reasons. And I accepted for all the wrong ones.

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I adored history, not the dry dates and boring battles, but the stories and the people who populated them.

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If you were a man, your ladyship, I would cordially horsewhip you for that remark.

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She left me then, surrounded by my extravagantly simple finery and I sat for a long time, uncomfortable both with the person I had been and the person I was finally becoming. Caught between the two of them, I felt rather lonely, as one often does with a new acquaintance.

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Only you mattered in that moment. Only you. And I would have done anything to save you. I would have paid any price committed any sin sold my very soul to do it.

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They have different accents in America " Brisbane smiled. "Just as we do here." I waved a hand. "They all sound alike to me.

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You are curious and quick, you have a deft mind, and for some unaccountable reason, people tell you things — useful things.

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One is not born English without knowing how to converse easily about the weather.

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I am sorry " I murmured. "I know. I ought not to have threatened to beat you " he returned. He pressed a kiss to my hair. "I just cannot bear to be kept out of your life " I said into the dark. He gave a sigh. "Julia you daft woman. When you will you understand You are my life.

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If one has a purpose, life is bearable enough, do you not think so?

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Those are facts. Are they the truth? No, for they do not tell you of the heart, and that is where truth lives.

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After a moment, he turned sharply to me. 'Are you quite all right?' 'Yes, perfectly. Why do you ask?' 'Because I have just called you contrary and you did not bother to contradict me. I thought you might be ill.

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What virtue is there in a man who demonstrates goodness because he has been bred to it? It is his habit from youth. But a man who has known unkindness and want, for him to be kind and charitable to those who have been the cause of his misfortunes, that is a virtuous man.

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To say that I met Nicholas Brisbane over my husband's dead body is not entirely accurate. Edward, it should be noted, was still twitching upon the floor.

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I will make arrangements for you and Portia to return to London the following day. I will be closing up the house. I am leaving England for a while." "For how long?" I asked him, determined to keep my composure. "Until I am quite recovered from you," he said evenly. "When will you return?" "Never.

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Oh, yes. I mean to marry him. But not because I want him to give me a life. I want to marry him to share the life I already have. The difference, I think you will find, is a significant one.

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I would give up everything for you, Giulia" I smiled at him gently. "But you must understand. I should never want a man to give up anything for me. I should want him to feel in winning me he has won the whole world...

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I stepped closer still. He closed his eyes again and covered my hand with his own. 'You smell of violets. You always smell of violets,' he said. 'You've no idea how many times I have walked these moors and smelled them and thought you were near. On and on I walked, following the scent of you, and you were never there. When I saw you in the hall tonight, I thought I had finally gone mad.

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I see only a little, lady, but I know that your fortune is as twined with his as the ivy to the oak.

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She didn't look at me and I didn't look at her. Some questions are so direct the only way to ask them is sideways.

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