“If a man has to ask for your trust, it's a sure sign that you should not give it. Trust should be earned inherently, without any verbal demands. Trust is knowing a man's character, knowing truth, and relying on that character and truth even when the odds seem against you.”
― Anne Elisabeth Stengl, quote from Heartless
“I listened long to your story,
Listened but could not hear.
When you chose to walk that path so overgrown,
I remained alone with my fear.
Cold silence covers the distance,
Stretches from shore to shore.
I follow in my mind your far-off journeying,
But I will walk that path no more.”
― Anne Elisabeth Stengl, quote from Heartless
“That isn't trust; that's foolishness! If a man has asked for your trust, it's a sure sign you should not give it. Trust should be earned inherently, without any verbal demands. Trust is knowing a man's character, knowing truth, and relying on that character and truth even when the odds seem against you. That is trust, my dear, not this leap in the dark..." (King Fidel)”
― Anne Elisabeth Stengl, quote from Heartless
“See! See, she's gone and put her foot in her mouth again! Right in, heel and all.”
― Anne Elisabeth Stengl, quote from Heartless
“I chose to long ago, long before we met. When my father sent me to win you, I loved you already.”
― Anne Elisabeth Stengl, quote from Heartless
“Hope is such a beautiful dream that dies such a hideous death.”
― Anne Elisabeth Stengl, quote from Heartless
“If there is one thing in which I hold complete confidence, it is the conviction of my own desirability.”
― Anne Elisabeth Stengl, quote from Heartless
“Does that look like flowing gold?”
― Anne Elisabeth Stengl, quote from Heartless
“Have you ever dreamed of one thing for so long, wanted nothing more than to have that dream fulfilled, only to find out that maybe it wasn't what you actually wanted all along?"
He juggled four stones lightly. "I believe that's called growing up.”
― Anne Elisabeth Stengl, quote from Heartless
“And now all this rot about invisible injuries and interrupting Prince Gervais as he and I don't see what business it is of I can do what I like and I think you're simply and that's that!"
Una paused there, wondering if what she'd just said had made a lick of sense. Judging from Prince Aethelbald's face, it hadn't.”
― Anne Elisabeth Stengl, quote from Heartless
“But my head is splitting in two!"
"It's doing a remarkably neat job since I can't see so much as a seam.”
― Anne Elisabeth Stengl, quote from Heartless
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“Valerie was crying, too. She was laughing and sniffling back sobs. “I’m going to marry my snuggy wuggums,” she said.
Morelli paused, his fork halfway to the roast chicken platter. He slid his eyes to me and leaned close. “If you ever call me snuggy wuggums in public I’ll lock you in the cellar and chain you to the furnace.”
― Janet Evanovich, quote from Ten Big Ones
“I have been asked sometimes what led me to the Persian Gulf, what instinct told me that I could build up a business there. It’s really perfectly simple. If you go to the hottest and most uncomfortable place on the map you’ll find there’s not a lot of competition;”
― Nevil Shute, quote from Round the Bend
“I know there has never been a human being or a television show, no matter how great, that could measure up to a great book.”
― Sherman Alexie, quote from Flight
“I guess every disaster, every tragedy in the world, my lad, is caused by someone’s selfishness and refusal to recognize the rights of others.”
― Anya Seton, quote from Dragonwyck
“Man is a being of varied, manifold and inconstant nature. And woman, by God, is a match for him.”
― Dorothy Dunnett, quote from The Disorderly Knights
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