Go to the edge of the cliff and jump off. Build your wings on the way down.--Ray Bradbury
T.K. ThorneTag: adventure historical-fiction autism aspergers
Forget the threat of Hell's infernal flames. The true torture would condemn a man to wait and wait and wait - for an eternity
Sharon Kay PenmanTag: historical-fiction hell crusades
Where are these fucking guns coming from?
Michael Manley former prime minister of JamaicaTag: historical-fiction
That is our Shield Ring, our last stronghold; not the barrier fells and the totter-moss between, but something in the hearts of men.
Rosemary SutcliffTag: historical-fiction rosemary sutcliff
The Emperor Napoleon Buonaparte had been banished to the island of Elba. However His Imperial Majesty had some doubts wheter a quiet island life would suit him - he was, after all, accustomed to governing a large proportion of the known world.
Susanna ClarkeTag: humor fantasy historical-fiction
LIPID (Last Idiot Person I Dated) syndrome: a largely undiagnosed but pervasive disease that afflicts single women.
Lauren WilligTag: humor historical-fiction mystery romance-novels
It would be, like all of Pammy's parties, hot and crowded and filled with impossibly glamorous people with hip bones so sharp they could qualify as concealed weapons.
Lauren WilligTag: humor romance historical-fiction mystery
I am not a twenty-two-year-old boy; I am not a besotted fool. If you think to jilt me, think again. For I will not turn tail and run the other way as he did, oh no. I will find you, and I will drag you to the altar on your back if need be, no matter how you might be screaming. No matter how scandalous it might be.
Brenda JoyceTag: love marriage historical-fiction romance-novels male-female-relationships
We are never prepared for so many to die. So you understand? No one is. We expect some chosen few. We expect an occasional empty chair, a toast to dear departed comrades. Victory celebrations for most of us, a hallowed death for a few. But the war goes on. And men die. The price gets ever higher. Some officers can pay no longer. We are prepared to lose some of us, but never all of us. But that is the trap. You can hold nothing back when you attack. You must commit yourself totally. And yet, if they all die, a man must ask himself, will it have been worth it?
Michael ShaaraTag: historical-fiction american-civil-war
I was too far away to hear what was said but I saw in Val’s eyes the same fear that I had once known and could well guess at Lucas’ unthinking remark.
Julia Lee DeanTag: historical-fiction english-civil-war
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