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And I tell her about his description because I want her to know what I now know, which is that the place where the pepper grows is not a place to be afraid of… I tell her: Mama, exile is not always the darkest corner of the earth. Sometimes it is lush and plentiful, sometimes it is full of life… ↗


— Carola Perla


#historical-fiction #literary-fiction #life

Aden St. George managed to avoid having to kill the guard stationed outside his quarry’s crypt-like cell, although the thug outside the caves hadn’t been so lucky. Still, that bastard had tried to knife him in the gut so Aden could hardly be faulted for returning the favor. And knowing what he did about the men who’d kidnapped Lady Vivien Shaw, he wouldn’t waste his fitful conscience on that brutal but necessary act. Killing was not a favorite pastime, but only rarely did it disturb his sleep. Tonight’s rescue mission carried no inconvenient opportunities for remorse since a woman’s life and innocence hung in the balance. True, the gossips whispered that Lady Vivien’s innocence was an open question, but what would happen to her if Aden failed wasn’t. Without his intervention she would disappear into a nightmarish life, forever beyond the protection of her family and friends. ↗


— Vanessa Kelly


#regency-romance #family

There isn’t going to be a ‘next lover,’” Grant said automatically, outraged by the idea. “I’m the only man she’s going to have. ↗


— Lisa Kleypas


#romance-love #romantic-suspense #love

Such was the number of the barbarians, that when they shot forth their arrows the sun would be darkened by their multitude." Dieneces, not at all frightened at these words, but making light of the Median numbers, answered "Our Trachinian friend brings us excellent tidings. If the Medes darken the sun, we shall have our fight in the shade. ↗


— Herodotus


#humor #humor

How many men can say, as I must, 'I am a man whose only friend is the King of England'? I have everything, you would think. And yet take Henry away, and I have nothing. ↗


— Hilary Mantel


#men

Go to the edge of the cliff and jump off. Build your wings on the way down.--Ray Bradbury ↗


— T.K. Thorne


#aspergers #autism #historical-fiction #historical-fiction

Sure, I knew the differences between a space opera and a hard-boiled detective story and a historical novel...but I never cared about such differences. It seemed to me, then as now, that there are good stories and bad stories, and that was the only distinction that truly mattered. ↗


— George R.R. Martin


#genre-fiction #reading #historical-fiction

You are both daring and unscrupulous, and you think fast. I have been looking for a person with those particular characteristics. Also I noticed you speak Babylonian. ↗


— Eloise Jarvis McGraw


#historical-fiction #ya-fiction #historical-fiction

Two are better than one,because they have a good reward for their labor. For if they fall, the one will lif' up his fellow, but woe to him that is alone when he falleth, for he hath not another to help him up. ↗


— John Steinbeck


#historical-fiction

Humans will never be in charge of this world, as long as dust and weeds do as they please. ~ Nancy B. Brewer ↗


— Nancy B. Brewer


#nancy-b-brewer #poems #quotes-to-live-by #widsom #historical-fiction






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