“Falling in love should be the easiest thing in the world, but it's not.”
― Rachel Hawthorne, quote from Full Moon
“We were each other's rock. But did it make us each other's destiny?”
― Rachel Hawthorne, quote from Full Moon
“Supposedly, dreams reflect our hidden fears and secret desires, all clamoring for attention.”
― Rachel Hawthorne, quote from Full Moon
“Lindsey: Why would you choose me?
Rafe: Because you're the one I want.”
― Rachel Hawthorne, quote from Full Moon
“Was it possible to measure what the heart felt?”
― Rachel Hawthorne, quote from Full Moon
“A writer writes for writers, a non-writer writes for his next-door neighbor or for the manager of the local bank branch, and he fears (often mistakenly) that they would not understand or, in any case, would not forgive his boldness.”
― Umberto Eco, quote from How to Travel with a Salmon and Other Essays
“His eyes defiant and smoldering, Braden held his sword aimed at the MacDouglas’s throat. “To get to her, you’ll have to come through me.”
“You want to die for her?” Robby asked.
“Aye,” Braden said without hesitation. He glanced at her and for the first time she saw the love in his eyes. “I will die for her.”
― Kinley MacGregor, quote from Claiming the Highlander
“Icelanders are among the most inbred human beings on earth—geneticists often use them for research.”
― Michael Lewis, quote from Boomerang: Travels in the New Third World
“Charles arrived around eight a.m. with a squadron of Drabants and began riding along the bank at the water’s edge to inspect the men and their positions. Some of the Russians from the force which had been driven back remained on one of the numerous islands in midstream, and they began to fire at the party of Swedish officers across the water. The musket range was short and a Drabant was shot dead in his saddle. Charles, without the slightest care for his own safety, continued his slow ride at the water’s edge. Then, his inspection finished, he turned his horse to ride back up the bank. His back was to the enemy, and at that moment he was hit in the left foot by a Russian musket ball. The ball struck his heel, piercing the boot, plunging forward through the length of the foot, smashing a bone and finally passing out near the big toe. Count Stanislaus Poniatowski, a Polish nobleman accredited to Charles XII by King Stanislaus, who was riding next to the King, noticed that he was hurt, but Charles commanded him to keep quiet. Although the wound must have been excruciatingly painful, the King continued his tour of inspection as if nothing had happened. It was not until eleven a.m., almost three hours after being hit, that he returned to his headquarters and prepared to dismount. By this time, the officers and men near him had noticed his extreme pallor and the blood dripping from his torn left boot. Charles tried to dismount but the movement caused such agony that he fainted. By”
― Robert K. Massie, quote from Peter the Great: His Life and World
“Dammit, Laurelyn. You make me the man I am today-the one who loves his wife and wants to be a father. When are you gonna see that you've undone all the damage she caused. You make me...unbroken.”
― Georgia Cates, quote from Beauty from Love
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