Deanna Raybourn Quotes

• When the wind is right and the cloud is gone, you can see down this road as far as Darjeeling," I told her. "But it is a long and difficult road, full of perils, and if a traveller on foot were to look at the length of it, his spirit would be overcome and he would sit down and refuse to go any further. You must not look to the end of the road, Portia. Look only to the step in front of you. That you can do. Just one step. And you will not make the journey alone.

  Deanna Raybourn

  Journey, Clouds, Wind

  Deanna Raybourn (2015). “Dark Road to Darjeeling”, p.217, MIRA

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• Life is too uncertain... You must seize happiness where you find it.

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  Life Is, Uncertain

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• If you were a man, your ladyship, I would cordially horsewhip you for that remark.

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  Men, Ifs, Remarks

  Deanna Raybourn (2016). “Deanna Raybourn Lady Julia Grey Volume 1: Silent in the Grave\Silent in the Sanctuary\Silent on the Moor”, p.45, MIRA

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• I am sorry " I murmured. "I know. I ought not to have threatened to beat you " he returned. He pressed a kiss to my hair. "I just cannot bear to be kept out of your life " I said into the dark. He gave a sigh. "Julia you daft woman. When you will you understand You are my life.

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  Sorry, Dark, Kissing

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• Fate is by far the greatest mystery of all.

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  Fate, Mystery

  Deanna Raybourn (2015). “Silent in the Grave”, p.212, MIRA

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• 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.

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  Eye, Hands, Ideas

  Deanna Raybourn (2015). “Silent on the Moor”, p.37, MIRA

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• I see only a little, lady, but I know that your fortune is as twined with his as the ivy to the oak.

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  Ivy, Littles, Fortune

  Deanna Raybourn (2009). “The Lady Julia Grey Bundle: Silent in the Grave\Silent in the Sanctuary\Silent on the Moor”, p.867, MIRA

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

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  Reason, Accepted

  Deanna Raybourn (2013). “A Spear of Summer Grass”, p.175, Harlequin

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• I would give up everything for you, Giulia" I smiled at him gently. "But you must understand. I should never want a man to give up anything for me. I should want him to feel in winning me he has won the whole world.

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  Giving Up, Winning, Men

  Deanna Raybourn (2015). “Silent in the Sanctuary”, p.274, MIRA

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• I matched my heated tone with one of pure ice. "I believe I did attempt to relate to you the facts of my calls and you interrupted me with a rather magnificent display of temper much as you are doing now. If you do not have all the facts of the case perhaps you have no one but yourself to blame." Brisbane opened his mouth and shut it with a snap. His mouth remained closed but I could hear him muttering under his breath. "What are you saying?" "I am counting. To one hundred. In Cantonese.

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  Believe, Ice, Mouths

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

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  Hands, America, Sound

  Deanna Raybourn (2016). “Deanna Raybourn Lady Julia Grey Volume 2: Dark Road to Darjeeling\The Dark Enquiry\Silent Night bonus story”, p.648, MIRA

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• ....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.

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  Soul, Done, Sin

  Deanna Raybourn (2015). “The Dark Enquiry”, p.207, MIRA

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• You are curious and quick, you have a deft mind, and for some unaccountable reason, people tell you things -- useful things.

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  People, Mind, Reason

  Deanna Raybourn (2015). “Dark Road to Darjeeling”, p.221, MIRA

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• I will make arrangements for you and Portia to return to London the following day. I will be closing up the house. I am leaving England for a while." "For how long?" I asked him, determined to keep my composure. "Until I am quite recovered from you," he said evenly. "When will you return?" "Never.

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  Closing Up, Long, House

  Deanna Raybourn (2015). “Silent on the Moor”, p.235, MIRA

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• She didn't look at me and I didn't look at her. Some questions are so direct the only way to ask them is sideways.

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  Looks, Way, Look At Me

  Deanna Raybourn (2013). “A Spear of Summer Grass”, p.48, MIRA

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• But this is a thing that I know--to live with fear is not to live at all. A man will die every moment he is afraid.

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  Men, Moments, Knows

  Deanna Raybourn (2013). “A Spear of Summer Grass”, p.280, MIRA

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• Eva Stachniak has given readers a thrilling glimpse into the scandals and secrets at the heart of the Russian Imperial court. With deft prose and exquisite detail, Stachniak has resurrected one of the most compelling ages in history. Turn off the phones and lock the doors—you will not put it down.

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  Heart, Doors, Phones

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• Without an expectation of success, one is rarely successful.

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  Successful, Expectations

  Deanna Raybourn (2016). “Deanna Raybourn Lady Julia Grey Volume 1: Silent in the Grave\Silent in the Sanctuary\Silent on the Moor”, p.66, MIRA

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• Oh, yes. I mean to marry him. But not because I want him to give me a life. I want to marry him to share the life I already have. The difference, I think you will find, is a significant one.

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  Mean, Thinking, Differences

  Deanna Raybourn (2015). “Silent on the Moor”, p.119, MIRA

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• To say that I met Nicholas Brisbane over my husband's dead body is not entirely accurate. Edward, it should be noted, was still twitching upon the floor.

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  Husband, Body, Should

  Deanna Raybourn (2015). “Silent in the Grave”, p.10, MIRA

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• She left me then, surrounded by my extravagantly simple finery and I sat for a long time, uncomfortable both with the person I had been and the person I was finally becoming. Caught between the two of them, I felt rather lonely, as one often does with a new acquaintance.

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  Lonely, Simple, Two

  Deanna Raybourn (2016). “Deanna Raybourn Lady Julia Grey Volume 1: Silent in the Grave\Silent in the Sanctuary\Silent on the Moor”, p.156, MIRA

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• I adored history, not the dry dates and boring battles, but the stories and the people who populated them.

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  People, Battle, Stories

  Deanna Raybourn (2015). “Silent in the Grave”, p.159, MIRA

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• If one has a purpose, life is bearable enough, do you not think so?

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  Thinking, Purpose, Life Is

  Deanna Raybourn (2015). “Silent on the Moor”, p.53, MIRA

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

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  Weather, Knowing, Born

  Deanna Raybourn (2015). “Dark Road to Darjeeling”, p.69, MIRA

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

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  Men, Decision, Certain

  Deanna Raybourn (2016). “Deanna Raybourn Lady Julia Grey Volume 1: Silent in the Grave\Silent in the Sanctuary\Silent on the Moor”, p.630, MIRA

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