#historic

He could never be anything more than what he was: the inheritor of weakness and unbridled emotion, a creature possessed by the past, and carrying its curse forever into the future-- ↗

— John Jakes

#family

Sonetimes the hardest person to forgive is yourself. ↗

— Sarah Sundin

#romance #world-war-two #forgiveness

...The queen's mocking laughter cut in. "This is your treasure, Lord Sheftu?" "Aye. The greatest treasure in Egypt—a maid whose loyalty cannot be bought. Whatever bargain we make, Daughter of the Sun, must include her freedom. ↗

— Eloise Jarvis McGraw

#egypt #historical-fiction #ya-fiction #freedom

You could have arrived atop a wildcat and no one would have said a word. They will adore you. ↗

— Deeanne Gist

#bride #brides #christian #christian-romance #connie

Life is volatile. ↗

— Robert J. Pajer

#mystery #thriller #life

I studied how to use the clothes washer. The handy instructions on the lid helped; so did the box of suds. It instructed me to separate the whites from the coloreds. Laundry will be the last American institution to desegregate. ↗

— Huston Piner

#historical-fiction #my-life-as-a-myth #romance #life

The night before I married you your father made me promise to always take care of you.” I laughed a little, easily able to picture my tall, burly father cornering the young knight I had fallen in love with. “To the best of my ability I have kept that promise.” I laid my hand on his chest to comfort the tension that rippled through his muscles. “You have, Lance,” I assured him. He took my hand in his and turned very serious. “No, I haven’t. I haven’t provided you with everything you need. ↗

— Derendrea

#erotic-fantasy #explicit-erotica #historical-erotica #victorian-erotica #love

Griff had never been the fanciful sort, even as a boy. When he was with Pauline, the world was different. She forced him to see things through fresh eyes. Suddenly his library was the eighth wonder of the world, and Corinthian columns merited blasphemy. A ferry across the Thames was an epic journey, and a kiss . . . a kiss was everything. ↗

— Tessa Dare

#love #love

Directly in front of me, crossing the street, I saw a woman laughing and walking arm in arm with two men. When she came to the curb, she lifted her skirt with both hands and vulgarly displayed a pair of indigo stockings. ↗

— Nancy B. Brewer

#historical-romance-fiction #men

A woman has but two loves in life: the one who broke her heart and the one she spends the rest of her life with." - Carolyn Chase, former Broadcast Journalist and heroine Kate Theodore's mother ↗

— Liz Newman

#quotes-about-heartbreak #romance #women-s-fiction #women-s-strength #life