Deanna Raybourn Quotes

• Cuando el viento sopla a favor y las nubes desaparecen, se puede ver este camino hasta Darjeeling", le dije. "Pero es un camino largo y difícil, lleno de peligros, y si un viajero a pie mirara la longitud del mismo, su espíritu se vencería y se sentaría y se negaría a seguir adelante. No debes mirar el final del camino, Porcia. Mira sólo el paso que tienes delante. Eso puedes hacerlo. Sólo un paso. Y no harás el viaje sola.

  Deanna Raybourn

  Journey, Clouds, Wind

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

  45 Copiar cita

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

  Deanna Raybourn

  Life Is, Uncertain

  4 Copiar cita

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

  Deanna Raybourn

  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

  6 Copiar cita

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

  Deanna Raybourn

  People, Battle, Stories

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

  4 Copiar cita

• 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.

  Deanna Raybourn

  Sorry, Dark, Kissing

  4 Copiar cita

• Fate is by far the greatest mystery of all.

  Deanna Raybourn

  Fate, Mystery

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

  4 Copiar cita

• Igualé mi tono acalorado con uno de puro hielo. "Creo que intenté relatarle los hechos de mis llamadas y usted me interrumpió con una magnífica demostración de mal genio, como está haciendo ahora. Si no conoce todos los hechos del caso, quizá sólo pueda culparse a sí mismo". Brisbane abrió la boca y la cerró de golpe. Su boca permaneció cerrada, pero pude oírle murmurar en voz baja. "¿Qué estás diciendo?" "Estoy contando. Hasta cien. En cantonés.

  Deanna Raybourn

  Believe, Ice, Mouths

  4 Copiar cita

• En América tienen acentos diferentes", sonrió Brisbane. "Igual que aquí". Hice un gesto con la mano. "A mí todos me suenan igual.

  Deanna Raybourn

  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

  4 Copiar cita

• 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.

  Deanna Raybourn

  Closing Up, Long, House

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

  4 Copiar cita

• 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.

  Deanna Raybourn

  Men, Moments, Knows

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

  4 Copiar cita

• 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.

  Deanna Raybourn

  Heart, Doors, Phones

  4 Copiar cita

• 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.

  Deanna Raybourn

  Mean, Thinking, Differences

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

  4 Copiar cita

• After a moment, he turned sharply to me. 'Are you quite all right?' 'Yes, perfectly. Why do you ask?' 'Because I have just called you contrary and you did not bother to contradict me. I thought you might be ill.

  Deanna Raybourn

  Might, Moments, Ill

  Deanna Raybourn (2016). “Deanna Raybourn Lady Julia Grey Volume 1: Silent in the Grave\Silent in the Sanctuary\Silent on the Moor”, p.761, MIRA

  4 Copiar cita

• 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.

  Deanna Raybourn

  Eye, Hands, Ideas

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

  4 Copiar cita

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

  Deanna Raybourn

  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

  4 Copiar cita

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

  Deanna Raybourn

  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

  4 Copiar cita

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

  Deanna Raybourn

  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

  4 Copiar cita

• 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.

  Deanna Raybourn

  Giving Up, Winning, Men

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

  4 Copiar cita

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

  Deanna Raybourn

  Heart, Facts, Truth Of Life

  Deanna Raybourn (2015). “Silent in the Sanctuary”, p.297, MIRA

  4 Copiar cita

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

  Deanna Raybourn

  Reason, Accepted

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

  4 Copiar cita

• 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.

  Deanna Raybourn

  Husband, Body, Should

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

  4 Copiar cita

• What virtue is there in a man who demonstrates goodness because he has been bred to it? It is his habit from youth. But a man who has known unkindness and want, for him to be kind and charitable to those who have been the cause of his misfortunes, that is a virtuous man.

  Deanna Raybourn

  Men, Want, Be Kind

  Deanna Raybourn (2015). “Silent on the Moor”, p.222, MIRA

  4 Copiar cita

• 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.

  Deanna Raybourn

  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

  4 Copiar cita

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

  Deanna Raybourn

  Thinking, Purpose, Life Is

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

  4 Copiar cita

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

  Deanna Raybourn

  Weather, Knowing, Born

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

  4 Copiar cita

También te puede gustar:

Tasha Alexander

Lauren Willig

Rhys Bowen

Charles Finch

Barbara Mertz

Susanna Kearsley

Jacqueline Winspear

Will Thomas