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But I also knew that if he turned away from me at this moment, somehow I would survive that, and I would find a way to flourish like the yard that still bloomed and grew around my family home. I'm Sookie Stackhouse. I belong here. ↗

— Charlaine Harris

#flourishing #survival #surviving #family

So close. He'd get there. Not today, but soon. He had a task to accomplish here, and the sooner he completed it, the sooner he could rejoin his regiment. He wasn't stopping for anything. Except sheep. Blast it. It would seem they were stopping for sheep. A rough voice said, "I'll take care of them." Thorne joined their group. Bram flicked his gaze to the side and spied his hulking mountain of a corporal shouldering a flintlock rifle. "We can't simply shoot them, Thorne." Obedient as ever, Thorne lowered his gun. "Then I've a cutlass. Just sharpened the blade last night." "We can't butcher them, either." Thorne shrugged. "I'm hungry." Yes, that was Thorne--straightforward, practical. Ruthless. ↗

— Tessa Dare

#historical-romance

Writing historical fiction is a legitimate us of Multiple Personality Disorder. ↗

— Peggy Ullman Bell

#historical-fiction

Through enjoyment we endure. ↗

— Florence Ditlow

#greatest-generation #historical-fiction #womens-history #wwll #historical-fiction

Most of [her ashes] fell into the river in a long gray curtain. But some was caught by the wind and blown upward toward the blue spring sky where it swirled a moment in the air, before dissolving into sunlight. ↗

— Kimberly Cutter

#christian-fiction #france #historical-fiction #history #medieval-history

I said to my mother, Henry VII is interesting. No he's not, my mother said. ↗

— Hilary Mantel

#historical-fiction #history #mother-and-daughter #historical-fiction

Our lover is the sun, and we the stars forever floating in their glow. We push and push, yearning for our sun's rays to reach out and touch us for just a moment in time… one second-glance to warm our spirits and soothe our aching hearts. ↗

— Katlyn Charlesworth

#romance-novels #thriller #historical-fiction

This building fool could only be Bess of Hardwicke, a woman whose name is seldom seen in print without the word “redoubtable” in front of it. I wondered if anyone ever called her redoubtable to her face. I redoubted it. ↗

— Joann Spears

#historical-fiction #six-of-one-by-joann-spears #tudors #women-s-humor #historical-fiction

I am a slave in your palace." - Sultan Suleyman Khan, Suleyman the Magnificent, The Shadow of God on Earth. ↗

— P.J. Parker

#roxelana #historical-fiction

He felt warm and familiar. He felt solid and safe. I wanted to cling to his shirt, bury my face into the warm curve of his neck, and never let go. ↗

— Becca Fitzpatrick

#nora #patch #letting-go