I hesitated for all the right reasons. And I accepted for all the wrong ones.

....Only you mattered in that moment. Only you. And I would have done anything to save you. I would have paid any price committed any sin sold my very soul to do it.

Those are facts. Are they the truth? No, for they do not tell you of the heart, and that is where truth lives.

One is not born English without knowing how to converse easily about the weather.

I stepped closer still. He closed his eyes again and covered my hand with his own. 'You smell of violets. You always smell of violets,' he said. 'You've no idea how many times I have walked these moors and smelled them and thought you were near. On and on I walked, following the scent of you, and you were never there. When I saw you in the hall tonight, I thought I had finally gone mad.

They have different accents in America " Brisbane smiled. "Just as we do here." I waved a hand. "They all sound alike to me.

Now I was more certain than ever of my decision. I could not love a man who did not love Jane Austen.