“I can never look at a bird without thinking of you," he said. "I wonder what you will do with your wings once you have found them. I wonder how far away they will take you. And I fear them, for my sake, at the same time that I hope for them, for yours.”
― Julianne Donaldson, quote from Blackmoore
“I know my heart. It has always been yours, Kate. Always.”
― Julianne Donaldson, quote from Blackmoore
“You are not The Giver of My Heart’s Desire.” I took a deep breath and smiled. “You are my heart’s desire.”
― Julianne Donaldson, quote from Blackmoore
“You are brave and loyal and true. You have such a good heart." He held my hand close to his chest and covered it with his other hand. "It is only afraid. But I would take such good care of it, love, if you would give it to me.”
― Julianne Donaldson, quote from Blackmoore
“...we'll have a duel in the morning on the moors. Plenty of fog. It will be quite dramatic, I daresay.”
― Julianne Donaldson, quote from Blackmoore
“A man does not need encouragement to lose his heart.”
― Julianne Donaldson, quote from Blackmoore
“Kate," he whispered, stepping closer to me, "you are not like your mother. You are a different creature from your sisters. The depths of your soul are fathomless. You are brave and loyal and true. You have such a good heart." he held my hand close to his chest and covered it with his other hand. "It is only afraid. But I would take such good care of it, love, if you would give it to me." He bent his head and pressed his lips to my fingers.”
― Julianne Donaldson, quote from Blackmoore
“I think the most profound beauty is found in what our hearts love.”
― Julianne Donaldson, quote from Blackmoore
“Henry lifted his head and looked directly at me. I froze where I stood, feeling as if he had just told me a secret with that look. It was new . It was a question and a statement and a quick, hidden secret all at once..”
― Julianne Donaldson, quote from Blackmoore
“I feel caged. Always. I feel like I am this bird, trapped and stifled and caged, and I keep looking for a way to escape, but I am barred at every turn.”
― Julianne Donaldson, quote from Blackmoore
“You needn't believe in something for it to be real, miss”
― Julianne Donaldson, quote from Blackmoore
“I think of marriage differently. A Companionship of like minds. A tie that binds, yes, but in the binding comes strength. A lifetime with your dearest friend as your truest and best companion. That is what it can be. I believe that.”
― Julianne Donaldson, quote from Blackmoore
“I think the most profound beauty is found in what our hearts love. And I love this, Kate, more than I love anything else. It is beyond beautiful to me. It is home. It is..." He paused, and squinted a little, as if looking into the sun, but his gaze stayed steady on me. "It is the sight I want to see every day, for the rest of my life.”
― Julianne Donaldson, quote from Blackmoore
“Now you also know what it is to be wanted and loved.”
― Julianne Donaldson, quote from Blackmoore
“There are some favors that can’t be bought, and some kindnesses that should only be given freely.”
― Julianne Donaldson, quote from Blackmoore
“I felt a crack in my defenses—a weak place where truth knifed and twisted and pried for an opening”
― Julianne Donaldson, quote from Blackmoore
“Even more than a heart, hope was a necessary traveling companion.”
― Julianne Donaldson, quote from Blackmoore
“—Creo que la belleza más profunda se encuentra en lo que nuestro corazón ama —confesó”
― Julianne Donaldson, quote from Blackmoore
“soon enough” had grown old years ago, that “at length” was sick and frail, that “finally” was a dying breath”
― Julianne Donaldson, quote from Blackmoore
“we have this treasure in jars of clay, to show that the surpassing power belongs to God and not to us.”
― quote from The Holy Bible: English Standard Version
“You should have never let him in the house.” Noah stopped in front of the counter. “For God’s sake, Sabella, I thought you would know better than to confront that son of a bitch while you’re carrying my mark.”
She kept her head down. How many times had she laughed at Nathan when he had said something similar? When he had been irritated with her, or was just being a man.
She should have known better than to go four-wheeling with Sienna that first year they were married, without him, because when she wrecked, she wrenched her ankle and he hadn’t been tere to make sure she was okay. She should have known better than to try to fix a busted pipe in the basement on her own, because she’d ended up drenched and the basement had gotten wet. So many instances. And she should have always known better.
She lifted her head. “Now you can leave. You should know better than to piss off an already angry woman.”
She should have known better than to give Rory a say in the hiring.
“Sabella, sweetheart, look at me.” His voice roughened. “If he had hurt you, I would have had to kill him. I would have enjoyed killing him.”
“And it would have been my fault.” She nodded with a bitter smile. “Sure, I understand.”
“No, it would have been his fault for being stupid enough to touch you. But haven’t you figured out that yet that men aren’t always smart enough to keep their hands off things that don’t belong to them?”
Her head jerked up in surprise. “So you think I belong to you now?”
She didn’t flinch when he reached out to touch her. Over the years, she had always had to suppress a flinch when another man tried to stroke her, kiss her.
“You don’t belong to him,” he told her, his fingertip stroking over the rasp of his beard that he had left on her jaw. “Testosterone is a dangerous thing sometimes.”
― Lora Leigh, quote from Wild Card
“She tried to act as though it were nothing to go to the library alone. But her happiness betrayed her. Her smile could not be restrained, and it spread from her tightly pressed mouth, to her round cheeks, almost to the hair ribbons tied in perky bows over her ears.”
― Maud Hart Lovelace, quote from Betsy and Tacy Go Downtown
“All of my best friends are dead people. Someday I've got to figure out how that happened.”
― Claudia Gray, quote from Afterlife
“You should know something, Miriam.... God changed our futures yesterday. There's no other explanation for what happened. And it wasn't the first God. If you ever need hlep, you might want to try the second God.”
― Ted Dekker, quote from Blink
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