Historical Romance Quotes

If I had known how easy it is to lose your life, I would have treasured mine better.

~ Yangsze Choo

Give to the world the best you have and the best will come back to you.

~ Myrna Ericksen

He’d do what was best for her. He’d take her to safety and send her back home to a bright future…with amore honorable man than him. The stick broke in his hand, and he muttered an oath.All he wanted was for Amelia to be safe and happy, dammit. That and to beat every honorable man in England into the dust.

~ Tamara Hughes

He’d do what was best for her. He’d take her to safety and send her back home to a bright future…with a more honorable man than him. The stick broke in his hand, and he muttered an oath. All he wanted was for Amelia to be safe and happy, dammit. That and to beat every honorable man in England into the dust.

~ Tamara Hughes

You’re as lovely as a flower in the stark of winter… Your hair is the color of wheat under the midday sun, and your eyes—”“Yes, yes. My eyes are like the sea or the sky or some such nonsense,” she quipped with a laugh, the lilting sound like the finest music, better than anything he could ever play.

~ Tamara Hughes

When he bowed his head to hide his grin, she stiffened. “This is most certainly not amusing.”He looked up, the humor still glittering in his eyes, and spoke one word. “James.”“Pardon me?”“James Lamont. It’s my name. You’ll need it if you’re to curse me properly.

~ Tamara Hughes

The only woman who would wear a gown like this one, love, is one who knows the power she wields and isn’t afraid to use it.

~ Tamara Hughes

Charity followed the pirate. To salvation or to hell, she would soon find out.

~ Tamara Hughes

He’d do what was best for her. He’d take her to safety and send her back home to a bright future…with amore honorable man than him. The stick broke in his hand, and he muttered an oath. All he wanted was for Amelia to be safe and happy, dammit. That and to beat every honorable man in England into the dust.

~ Tamara Hughes

I’m not God, and I can’t always offer chances. I’m not sure if this won’t be your last.

~ Kellyn Roth

I want a man that will do what he needs to do to take care of his family. I will give that man every ounce of love and support I have to give. I will never measure him against another man. I will never want what other people have. I will simply enjoy every minute we have together.

~ Destin Bays

I’m still waiting for something, searching for something I cannot describe.”“It’s called true love. Most people never find it.

~ Destin Bays

When your child comes home to talk about life, what could be more important?

~ Destin Bays

He spent the next hours watching her sleep, taking in every detail of her face, of her body. The way the soft glow of the bedside lamp cast shadows on her cheeks. The way her chest rose and fell with each breath. And when the first light of dawn finally showed through the gap in the curtains he quietly dressed and turned off the bedside lamp, and left the room, not daring to look back.

~ Dominique Wilson

Though the heart may be cracked wide, pain can still seep in.

~ Rachelle Rea Cobb

I suppose you'll not let me rest until I admit that I like your company?You're getting to know me well...Very well, I'll admit. You're slightly more than tolerable.

~ Jody Hedlund

It was enough to drive me mad. I was no longer myself and yet I was so much more me than I had ever been before. ~Katherine Demure

~ Gwenn Wright

She opens her eyes as the fury continues, pinning me with her glare. Her gaze reached into my soul as I spin the music back to the simple melody at its core—our melody. A moment of recognition washes over her, followed by regret, fear, terror. An entire kaleidoscope of emotions exists within a single heartbeat.

~ Christine Fonseca

He would die in this room, buried alive by the weight of his life.

~ Christine Fonseca

Well, go on then, Abby; run along and let the nice man compromise you.

~ Anne Gracie

I could still box your ears.”“Nonsense,” he scoffed. “You couldn’t reach that high.

~ Anne Gracie

They’d be complaining about having to walk, and screeching at me to ‘do something, Freddy, do something!’”“But what could you do?” she said, puzzled.“Carry them, probably.” He gave her a hopeful look. “Do you want me to carry you?

~ Anne Gracie

Then, as now, there were always girls who were overlooked and ignored by gentlemen who really should have known better.

~ Lisa Kleypas

This was getting bloody ridiculous, he thought savagely. If she became any more adorable, endearing, or delectable, something was going to get broken.Most likely his heart.

~ Lisa Kleypas

You thought I was peculiar,” she said in a muffled voice.His mouth brushed the edge of her ear and settled against her neck. She felt that he was smiling. “Darling love… you are.

~ Lisa Kleypas

Helena had been standing by her window looking out to sea, breathing in the fresh air and admiring the picturesque scene of a small ship sailing into the harbor.She had not been able to think of anything other than Mikolas for days.From LONGING the 3rd chapter of TRUE LOVE

~ Destin Bays

You’re mad,” he said in a low voice, “if you think I would leave you now. I’ll see you safe and well no matter what it takes.

~ Lisa Kleypas

IF you wish to be a writer then don't wait until you write the great American novel for they aren't written they are created. If you don't write at all you won't know how great that simple book can be.

~ Shiree Mccarver

We always have to go backward to move forward. Whether it’s to face our own missteps or reach the end of our lives with a final mistake... We always have to go back to pull ourselves out of ignorance or cast ourselves deeper into revenge.

~ Amy Rachiele

We must go to the laboratory at once. I have some cannabis.

~ Brooklyn Ann

I'll love you until I'm ashes in the dirt beneath the Earth. Then, I'll love you even more.

~ K. Webster

France is to me the heroine in the romance of all the nations of all time. This feeling was born in me years ago when I read how her noble sons had defended America in its cradle. Today I am proud that I am one of the millions who will come to save our heroine from the clutches of the villain from across the Rhine.

~ William Arthur Sirmon

Outside, the dogs whine over the wind. They sense the wolves - they sense the wild. It calls to them, like it calls to me, and I wonder sometimes if we are the only ones who hear it.

~ Summer Lane

We’ve resorted to formalities suddenly? Am I to assume we haven’t been intimate enough for you to call me by my first name?” Despite his casual tone, his eyes suggested so much more. “Perhaps I should rectify that.

~ Melissa Lurquette

We’ve resorted to formalities suddenly? Am I to assume we haven’t beenintimate enough for you to call me by my first name?” Despite his casual tone, his eyes suggested so much more. “Perhaps I should rectify that.

~ Melissa Lurquette

His lips were approaching hers, but she could not taste sin. Not yet. Not until she knew the name of this golden haired man, so her soul could sing his name for the rest of eternity.

~ Katherine Givens

[Connor, prepared to sacrifice himself to save Sarah]God, I pray, give me the strength to live the next hour well.

~ Pamela Clare

Mama says love is a sickness of the heart. Only the weak fall under its spell.

~ Katlyn Charlesworth

They took to walking and chatting in a park close to the house. Charles was flattered by the attention he was given by Edina. He had never had a girlfriend and smiled at the eagerness of this blossoming young woman. One evening, as they walked in the park. Charles took Edina's hand in his, and immediately the fire in his belly was lit.So, what is it you want to do, Edina?

~ Barbara Warren

I've been thanking God for you being there. For you risking your life for Dove. I'll never forget it, Tyler. I'll never forget you.... Truth is, Lily, I'll never forget you either.

~ Debra Holland