“I love you, he thought, because you are honest with me and because you are willing to speak the truth to me when others might seek to curry favor instead. I love you because you are in this bed with me, not trying to conceive the much-awaited next generation of Windhams, but just holding my hand.”
―
Grace Burrowes,
The Heir
“Even when I cried,” she said, a world of resignation in her tone, “I was glad to be here with you, Westhaven. Believe that, if you believe nothing else of me.”What she had meant was: Even when I cried because I must leave you, I was glad to be here with you… Believe that if you believe nothing else of me when I find the courage to finally go.” ― Grace Burrowes, The Heir
“Is this all you want, Anna?” He brought his arms around her and urged her to lean into him. “Merely an embrace? I’ll understand it, if you do.” “It isn’t merely an embrace,” she replied, loving the feel of his lean muscles and long bones against her body. “It is your embrace, and your scent, and the cadence of your breathing, and the warmth of your hands. To me, there is nothing mere about it.” ― Grace Burrowes, The Heir
“You like this darkness. You like learning me by feel.” Feeling very bold indeed, she nuzzled at him until she found his mouth with her own. “I like it too.” ― Grace Burrowes, The Captive
“I've been foolish.""I hope you at least had a grand time being foolish.” ― Grace Burrowes, Once Upon a Tartan
“He was a hand-holder; she'd gathered that much. Lovely quality in a man...” ― Grace Burrowes, The Bridegroom Wore Plaid
“This was wrong, dangerous, stupid...and necessary to the survival off her soul.” ― Grace Burrowes, Lady Maggie's Secret Scandal
“You have a certain lot in life, my lord. Some of it you chose, some you did not, and much of it you did not realize you were choosing. Still, it is your lot in life, and you must make the best of it.” ― Grace Burrowes, The Duke's Obsession Bundle
“The sound of her voice was so pretty, it almost disguised the ugliness of her words.” ― Grace Burrowes, Lady Maggie's Secret Scandal
“Books change lives.” ― Grace Burrowes, Douglas: Lord of Heartache
“How lovely, to meet a man who helped rather than fussed and scolded.” ― Grace Burrowes, Tremaine's True Love
“Proper mourning leaves one nothing to do but mourn, and I’ve concluded this isn’t a good thing. Grief crowds in closely enough without the rest of life being shoved aside to make way for it.” ― Grace Burrowes, The Bridegroom Wore Plaid
“You worry me, Mags, so self-contained and quiet. Hazelton would not have been my choice for you.""Why not?""He's a man who dwells in the shadows and appears to like it there. You have enough shadows of your own.""Maybe he sees me as I really am because shadows don't deter him.” ― Grace Burrowes, Lady Maggie's Secret Scandal
“For a moment, she stood where she'd landed, like some drunken bee in the vicinity of its preferred blossom.” ― Grace Burrowes, Matthew
“I have been a widower for nigh fifty years, but I am never alone. We had eight good years together, and they’ve lasted me the entire eighty. It’s like that, you see, when you can marry where your heart lies.” ― Grace Burrowes, Gabriel: Lord of Regrets
“It was a struggle to not fall in love with a man who was determined to be decent to her when what she sought was indulgence of her wanton nature.Her recently discovered, very frustrated wanton nature, damn him.” ― Grace Burrowes, The Captive
“Each time he saw her, she was a little more frazzled, a little more tightly wound. Each time he saw her, he was a little more frazzled, more tightly stretched between growing desire and an even more intense need to protect her despite her secretiveness and stubbornness. “You’re” ― Grace Burrowes, Lady Maggie's Secret Scandal
“I will serenade you from the street, Maggie Windham. I will be so callow, you will marry me to save me from embarrassment.” ― Grace Burrowes, Lady Maggie's Secret Scandal
“Don't look at me like that, Augusta." He stood to pull his shirt over his head. "I don't deserve it. No mortal could deserve such an expression.” ― Grace Burrowes, The Bridegroom Wore Plaid
“Even when I cried,” she said, a world of resignation in her tone, “I was glad to be here with you, Westhaven. Believe that, if you believe nothing else of me.”What she had meant was: Even when I cried because I must leave you, I was glad to be here with you… Believe that if you believe nothing else of me when I find the courage to finally go.” ― Grace Burrowes, The Heir
“Is this all you want, Anna?” He brought his arms around her and urged her to lean into him. “Merely an embrace? I’ll understand it, if you do.” “It isn’t merely an embrace,” she replied, loving the feel of his lean muscles and long bones against her body. “It is your embrace, and your scent, and the cadence of your breathing, and the warmth of your hands. To me, there is nothing mere about it.” ― Grace Burrowes, The Heir
“You like this darkness. You like learning me by feel.” Feeling very bold indeed, she nuzzled at him until she found his mouth with her own. “I like it too.” ― Grace Burrowes, The Captive
“I've been foolish.""I hope you at least had a grand time being foolish.” ― Grace Burrowes, Once Upon a Tartan
“He was a hand-holder; she'd gathered that much. Lovely quality in a man...” ― Grace Burrowes, The Bridegroom Wore Plaid
“This was wrong, dangerous, stupid...and necessary to the survival off her soul.” ― Grace Burrowes, Lady Maggie's Secret Scandal
“You have a certain lot in life, my lord. Some of it you chose, some you did not, and much of it you did not realize you were choosing. Still, it is your lot in life, and you must make the best of it.” ― Grace Burrowes, The Duke's Obsession Bundle
“The sound of her voice was so pretty, it almost disguised the ugliness of her words.” ― Grace Burrowes, Lady Maggie's Secret Scandal
“Books change lives.” ― Grace Burrowes, Douglas: Lord of Heartache
“How lovely, to meet a man who helped rather than fussed and scolded.” ― Grace Burrowes, Tremaine's True Love
“Proper mourning leaves one nothing to do but mourn, and I’ve concluded this isn’t a good thing. Grief crowds in closely enough without the rest of life being shoved aside to make way for it.” ― Grace Burrowes, The Bridegroom Wore Plaid
“You worry me, Mags, so self-contained and quiet. Hazelton would not have been my choice for you.""Why not?""He's a man who dwells in the shadows and appears to like it there. You have enough shadows of your own.""Maybe he sees me as I really am because shadows don't deter him.” ― Grace Burrowes, Lady Maggie's Secret Scandal
“For a moment, she stood where she'd landed, like some drunken bee in the vicinity of its preferred blossom.” ― Grace Burrowes, Matthew
“I have been a widower for nigh fifty years, but I am never alone. We had eight good years together, and they’ve lasted me the entire eighty. It’s like that, you see, when you can marry where your heart lies.” ― Grace Burrowes, Gabriel: Lord of Regrets
“It was a struggle to not fall in love with a man who was determined to be decent to her when what she sought was indulgence of her wanton nature.Her recently discovered, very frustrated wanton nature, damn him.” ― Grace Burrowes, The Captive
“Each time he saw her, she was a little more frazzled, a little more tightly wound. Each time he saw her, he was a little more frazzled, more tightly stretched between growing desire and an even more intense need to protect her despite her secretiveness and stubbornness. “You’re” ― Grace Burrowes, Lady Maggie's Secret Scandal
“I will serenade you from the street, Maggie Windham. I will be so callow, you will marry me to save me from embarrassment.” ― Grace Burrowes, Lady Maggie's Secret Scandal
“Don't look at me like that, Augusta." He stood to pull his shirt over his head. "I don't deserve it. No mortal could deserve such an expression.” ― Grace Burrowes, The Bridegroom Wore Plaid
