Wicked eyes are not a good prospect for seminary boys. They want a gentle, soft sort of wife, not a wife who looks as though she may sprout wings and carry off the young children of the village. ~Maria "Smythe
Gwenn WrightTag: mystery gothic young-adult historical ya von-strassenberg gwenn-wright alternate-history
It is surprising how many great men started out as horse thieves.
P.J. SullivanTag: greatness history horses historical great-men
historical arguments; traditional apologetics breaks down here. Since man is here dealing with God and this by definition means with the invisible, impalpable, uncontrollable, only one attitude is appropriate and required : believing trust, trusting faith.
Hans KüngTag: faith trust historical apologetics traditional
Paying twenty-five dollars for me was your mistake, ma’am. I’m not worth more than fifteen.
Margaret BrownleyTag: humor romance christmas historical pioneer
All the while Martin attempted to catch his aunt with a remorseful gaze, but the young woman was reabsorbed into her mother’s orbit, and though Anna embraced him, pressed on him the importance of visiting soon, he could feel that she was already very far away, not really seeing him, but cruising with distant eyes and a feather’s touch over the summits of all her disappointments.
Carola PerlaTag: historical emotional gibbin-house
It had never occurred to me that simply being with a fellow prisoner would make me feel like I was still in prison.
Elizabeth WeinTag: young-adult historical world-war-2 new-adult
These trials aren't about revenge. They're about justice. Don't you want justice, Rose Justice?
Elizabeth WeinTag: young-adult historical world-war-2 new-adult
History is the guess of old men, sometimes they get it wrong.
Steven J. CarrollTag: wisdom science knowledge history historical
Slow down,’ he said, ‘so I can see how you do it,’ but she’d laughed and said, ‘I can’t slow down, if I stopped to think how I was doing it I couldn’t do it at all.
Hilary MantelTag: historical tudors
Ridley nodded. 'She told me I couldn't ever tell General Harding or anybody else. Told me I wouldn't be safe.'
'Safe?' Uncle Bob stopped rocking and took the pipe from between his teeth. 'She started in talkin' 'bout you bein' safe, sir?'
Ridley nodded again, and that's when Uncle Bob grinned.
'Well, shoot . . . you ain't lost her yet, sir. Not altogether, anyhow. Any female goes to talkin' 'bout you bein' safe . . . hmmph. There still be somethin' left in her heart for ya.
Tag: romance fiction historical christian-lit
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