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Deanna Raybourn Quotes

She didn’t look at me and I didn’t look at her. Some questions are so direct the only way to ask them is sideways Picture Quote #1

You are curious and quick, you have a deft mind, and for some unaccountable reason, people tell you things -- useful things Picture Quote #1

To say that I met Nicholas Brisbane over my husband’s dead body is not entirely accurate. Edward, it should be noted, was still twitching upon the floor Picture Quote #1

Because if we're on the road to hell, we're going to dance the whole damn way and give them something to talk about when we're gone Picture Quote #1

I hesitated for all the right reasons. And I accepted for all the wrong ones Picture Quote #1

If one has a purpose, life is bearable enough, do you not think so? Picture Quote #1

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Fate is by far the greatest mystery of all Picture Quote #1

Without an expectation of success, one is rarely successful Picture Quote #1

Life is too uncertain... You must seize happiness where you find it Picture Quote #1

If you were a man, your ladyship, I would cordially horsewhip you for that remark Picture Quote #1

She had stripped away her own illusions for him, and that was as seductive a thing as any woman could do Picture Quote #1

Those are facts. Are they the truth? No, for they do not tell you of the heart, and that is where truth lives Picture Quote #1

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But this is a thing that I know - to live with fear is not to live at all. A man will die every moment he is afraid Picture Quote #1

I'd had my heart broken, you see. Fell in love with the wrong chap and he crushed me right down to the bedrock. Nothing left but humiliation Picture Quote #1

Of course, he was absolutely correct, it was no concern of mine. So naturally I thought about it - excessively Picture Quote #1

Now I was more certain than ever of my decision. I could not love a man who did not love Jane Austen Picture Quote #1

I think people are much the same wherever you go. Some of them good, some of them clever, and some of them with the devil in them Picture Quote #1

The men stood back, chanting a song of one who would not be forgotten, of loved ones lost and returned to the earth, and of the land itself which does not die but is always born anew with each fall of the long rains. They chanted of life, which is short as a spear of summer grass or long as the heart of the Rift itself, and of the silent land that waits beyond Picture Quote #1

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Second rule of the bush. Never get too close to anything that has offspring. What's the first rule? Food runs. If you don't want to be food, don't run Picture Quote #1

Have you not yet learned that it is easier to pull a star down from the heavens than to bend a woman to your will? Picture Quote #1

I put my hands on my hips, not caring if I sounded like a Billingsgate fishwife. “Yes, it was a dangerous thing to do, but as it seems to have escaped your attention, I remind you I am above thirty years of age, of sound body and mind, and in control of my own fortune. That means, ” I said, moving closer still, poking his chest for emphasis, “I am mistress of myself and answer to no one Picture Quote #1

I adored history, not the dry dates and boring battles, but the stories and the people who populated them Picture Quote #1

She left me then, surrounded by my extravagantly simple finery and I sat for a long time, uncomfortable both with the person I had been and the person I was finally becoming. Caught between the two of them, I felt rather lonely, as one often does with a new acquaintance Picture Quote #1

When the wind is right and the cloud is gone, you can see down this road as far as Darjeeling,

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What virtue is there in a man who demonstrates goodness because he has been bred to it? It is his habit from youth. But a man who has known unkindness and want, for him to be kind and charitable to those who have been the cause of his misfortunes, that is a virtuous man Picture Quote #1

I see only a little, lady, but I know that your fortune is as twined with his as the ivy to the oak Picture Quote #1

Oh, yes. I mean to marry him. But not because I want him to give me a life. I want to marry him to share the life I already have. The difference, I think you will find, is a significant one Picture Quote #1

... Only you mattered in that moment. Only you. And I would have done anything to save you. I would have paid any price committed any sin sold my very soul to do it Picture Quote #1

She didn’t look at me and I didn’t look at her. Some questions are so direct the only way to ask them is sideways Picture Quote #1

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She didn’t look at me and I didn’t look at her. Some questions are so direct the only way to ask them is sideways. (Deanna Raybourn Quotes) You are curious and quick, you have a deft mind, and for some unaccountable reason, people tell you things -- useful things. (Deanna Raybourn Quotes) To say that I met Nicholas Brisbane over my husband’s dead body is not entirely accurate. Edward, it should be noted, was still twitching upon the floor (Deanna Raybourn Quotes) Because if we're on the road to hell, we're going to dance the whole damn way and give them something to talk about when we're gone (Deanna Raybourn Quotes) I hesitated for all the right reasons. And I accepted for all the wrong ones (Deanna Raybourn Quotes) If one has a purpose, life is bearable enough, do you not think so? (Deanna Raybourn Quotes) Fate is by far the greatest mystery of all (Deanna Raybourn Quotes) Without an expectation of success, one is rarely successful (Deanna Raybourn Quotes) Life is too uncertain... You must seize happiness where you find it (Deanna Raybourn Quotes) If you were a man, your ladyship, I would cordially horsewhip you for that remark (Deanna Raybourn Quotes) She had stripped away her own illusions for him, and that was as seductive a thing as any woman could do (Deanna Raybourn Quotes) Those are facts. Are they the truth? No, for they do not tell you of the heart, and that is where truth lives (Deanna Raybourn Quotes) But this is a thing that I know - to live with fear is not to live at all. A man will die every moment he is afraid (Deanna Raybourn Quotes) I'd had my heart broken, you see. Fell in love with the wrong chap and he crushed me right down to the bedrock. Nothing left but humiliation (Deanna Raybourn Quotes) Of course, he was absolutely correct, it was no concern of mine. So naturally I thought about it - excessively (Deanna Raybourn Quotes) Now I was more certain than ever of my decision. I could not love a man who did not love Jane Austen (Deanna Raybourn Quotes) I think people are much the same wherever you go. Some of them good, some of them clever, and some of them with the devil in them (Deanna Raybourn Quotes) The men stood back, chanting a song of one who would not be forgotten, of loved ones lost and returned to the earth, and of the land itself which does not die but is always born anew with each fall of the long rains. They chanted of life, which is short as a spear of summer grass or long as the heart of the Rift itself, and of the silent land that waits beyond (Deanna Raybourn Quotes) Second rule of the bush. Never get too close to anything that has offspring. What's the first rule? Food runs. If you don't want to be food, don't run (Deanna Raybourn Quotes) Have you not yet learned that it is easier to pull a star down from the heavens than to bend a woman to your will? (Deanna Raybourn Quotes) I put my hands on my hips, not caring if I sounded like a Billingsgate fishwife. “Yes, it was a dangerous thing to do, but as it seems to have escaped your attention, I remind you I am above thirty years of age, of sound body and mind, and in control of my own fortune. That means, ” I said, moving closer still, poking his chest for emphasis, “I am mistress of myself and answer to no one (Deanna Raybourn Quotes) I adored history, not the dry dates and boring battles, but the stories and the people who populated them (Deanna Raybourn Quotes) She left me then, surrounded by my extravagantly simple finery and I sat for a long time, uncomfortable both with the person I had been and the person I was finally becoming. Caught between the two of them, I felt rather lonely, as one often does with a new acquaintance (Deanna Raybourn Quotes) When the wind is right and the cloud is gone, you can see down this road as far as Darjeeling, " I told her. "But it is a long and difficult road, full of perils, and if a traveller on foot were to look at the length of it, his spirit would be overcome and he would sit down and refuse to go any further. You must not look to the end of the road, Portia. Look only to the step in front of you. That you can do. Just one step. And you will not make the journey alone (Deanna Raybourn Quotes) What virtue is there in a man who demonstrates goodness because he has been bred to it? It is his habit from youth. But a man who has known unkindness and want, for him to be kind and charitable to those who have been the cause of his misfortunes, that is a virtuous man (Deanna Raybourn Quotes) I see only a little, lady, but I know that your fortune is as twined with his as the ivy to the oak (Deanna Raybourn Quotes) Oh, yes. I mean to marry him. But not because I want him to give me a life. I want to marry him to share the life I already have. The difference, I think you will find, is a significant one (Deanna Raybourn Quotes) ... Only you mattered in that moment. Only you. And I would have done anything to save you. I would have paid any price committed any sin sold my very soul to do it (Deanna Raybourn Quotes) She didn’t look at me and I didn’t look at her. Some questions are so direct the only way to ask them is sideways (Deanna Raybourn Quotes)