#historical

Maybe hallucinations are just another reality that we don't see most of the time ↗

— Lynne Ewing

#historical

The man irritated her just like a rash. ↗

— Julie Garwood

#romance #historical

Harsh words live in the dungeon of the heart ↗

— Norman Mailer

#historical

But the tale or narrative set in the past may have its particular time-free value; and the candid reader will not misunderstand me, will not suppose that I intend any preposterous comparison, when I observe that Homer was farther removed in time from Troy than I am from the Napoleonic wars; yet he spoke to the Greeks for 2,000 years and more. ↗

— Patrick O'Brian

#historical

I will find her." "And when you do?" Roger asked. "I will make her mine," the warrior answered in a hard, determined voice. "She will be mine." The vow was made. ↗

— Julie Garwood

#romance #historical

How did I get here How did I end up in the arms of a boy I barely knew but knew I didn't want to lose I wondered what I would have thought of Andrius in Lithuania. Would I have liked him Would he have liked me ↗

— Ruta Sepetys

#romance #historical

Every word you have ever uttered, is engraved upon my heart. -Lazarus to his mother. ↗

— Elizabeth Hoyt

#historical

I was born to be your rival,' she [Anne] said simply. 'And you mine. We're sisters, aren't we? ↗

— Philippa Gregory

#henry-viii #historical-fiction #mary-boleyn #historical

A man´s desire is a powerful thing. It can reduce a strong man to nothing. When he sees a woman who fascinates him, he will give up everything for her. ↗

— Alma Katsu

#historical

I have wanted you for so long now,” he said roughly, “I’ve no memory of how it feels to be devoid of the craving. But you must know what you do. I need you to think of who you are and where you are and who I am. Think of how things will be once we’ve crossed this threshold. Think of how you will leave this cabin—disheveled and well fucked. ↗

— Sylvia Day

#seven-years-to-sin #historical