“I prefer to be left alone with my books.”
― Alison Weir, quote from Innocent Traitor
“If only they would all just leave me alone with my books and my letters, I would be content to let life, and the world pass me by”
― Alison Weir, quote from Innocent Traitor
“You must pray to God for forgiveness because I can give you none”
― Alison Weir, quote from Innocent Traitor
“I cannot go with you all the way on your journey, but I would go as far as I might”
― Alison Weir, quote from Innocent Traitor
“I steel myself to ignore his taunts and his coarse language. I no longer care what he says or does. It doesn't matter anymore. I am detached, contained in my own private world where he cannot reach me. It is my last refuge.”
― Alison Weir, quote from Innocent Traitor
“But I wish you to know that, were I just Edward and you just Jane, I would prefer to marry you. We accord well together, and have similar views… Kings cannot make their own choices. I wished you to know that”
― Alison Weir, quote from Innocent Traitor
“His handsome face is suffused with rage. He stands before me shaking, then to my disgust, bursts into noisy tears; "I shall tell my mother of you!" he sobs and crashes out of the chamber”
― Alison Weir, quote from Innocent Traitor
“I will never give him the satisfaction of knowing how much he has wounded and enraged me. In my silence lies my strength.”
― Alison Weir, quote from Innocent Traitor
“My lady, for your virtue and goodness, God would receive you in rags.”
― Alison Weir, quote from Innocent Traitor
“There are too many Dudleys already in this world”
― Alison Weir, quote from Innocent Traitor
“You're walking funny," Lucy said, a shit-eating grin on her face. Five days of out of this world sex with a starving man could do that to a girl.
"You're just jealous." Brenna pushed through the door into DarkRiver's business HQ.
Lucy made a mournful face. "Yes, I am. Goddamn but your man is hot. And he smiles at you! I've seen him do it, even if no one believes me.”
― Nalini Singh, quote from Caressed by Ice
“I've been staying after school getting help in trig from Laura Johnson. Shit, it's just school work. And it's fucking Laura, granny panties, Johnson! It's not like I've been secretly banging her as she whispers math problems in my ear or something.”
― A. Meredith Walters, quote from Find You in the Dark
“Over and over, we begin again.”
― Banana Yoshimoto, quote from Kitchen
“Running to join them, he felt overwhelming joy. It was as if he were coming home from a lashing winter storm to the warmth of his living room. The sky seemed brilliantly blue and clear, although he knew it was overcast. If he didn't move his legs faster, his heart would outpace his feet and burst. His heart, his whole body, was overflowing with an emotion that he could only describe as love.”
― Karl Marlantes, quote from Matterhorn
“An honest heart is all that is needed for a prayer to reach the Lord.”
― Amish Tripathi, quote from The Secret of the Nagas
BookQuoters is a community of passionate readers who enjoy sharing the most meaningful, memorable and interesting quotes from great books. As the world communicates more and more via texts, memes and sound bytes, short but profound quotes from books have become more relevant and important. For some of us a quote becomes a mantra, a goal or a philosophy by which we live. For all of us, quotes are a great way to remember a book and to carry with us the author’s best ideas.
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