Inspirational Historical Romance Quotes & Sayings

I'm more interested in lookin' forward than back. The past is done and there's no changin' it. — Heather Blanton

The Sun Dagger appeared on the rock face directly above the Shaman's shadowed head. It dazzled within the shade as the sunlight slipped through a gap in the overhead slabs. The dagger cut slowly down the rock, slicing through the very center of the etched spiral.
"The middle of time," Chaco whispered to himself. — P.J. Parker

And the only hope-perhaps the real hope he'd been missing all along-was found in God. — Jody Hedlund

I call the spot Eden," he said. "Who could not wish to paint such a paradise? — Kate Breslin

I've never met anyone as kind as you are, except me Mum, o' course." --Benjamin Trimmel to Lady Alexandra. — Lisa M. Prysock

For every woman, there is that one man who could get her to go anywhere he wanted her to go, do anything he wanted her to do - reach into her soul and turn her whole world on its ear - challenge everything she thought she believed.
Highlighted by 24 Kindle users — Lenore Wolfe

The other Clans will soon arrive. The greatest times of our family are before us. And so are the darkest. — P.J. Parker

West Point - The Key to the Continent and Independence. — P.J. Parker

We live in a complicated society, Bromley - one that is changing and which does indeed need to change. But do you not think any change must begin within our own family gathering? — P.J. Parker

Do you not recognize me? — P.J. Parker

The early morning sunshine shot up the ice-covered valley. It glinted off the backs of slumbering mastodon, reflected between the antlers of caribou. — P.J. Parker

One large cat bounded up the side of the outcrop to stand in full view on an overhanging boulder. She stared down at them, inside their protective enclosure, tilting her head from side to side. Her scarred yellow-brown coat was immaculately groomed, but the long tufting hair of her snout was matted with the bright red smear of uncongealed blood from a recent kill. Her upper lip curved over the top of foot-long saber teeth. — P.J. Parker

Do you understand the meaning of the soil beneath your feet? — P.J. Parker

She smiled, and her smile was filled with all of the sweetness and forgiveness that she offered so freely - and that he didn't deserve. But maybe, as with God, it was time to finally stop condemning himself and accept the gift. — Jody Hedlund

It's been much harder to forgive myself. My mistake was like a pebble dropped in a pond. The ripple effect has impacted everyone I love. — Heather Blanton

The Sleepin' Fox Catches No Poultry. — P.J. Parker

There were no stars, only the darkness and an arctic chill that had intensified since the first thin, blood-red stripes of sunrise shimmered on the ocean's horizon. — P.J. Parker

If you can't see the good man he is, you need to unscrew them eyeballs of yours and try on a different pair. — Karen Witemeyer

You can't be perfect. No one is. That's why we need God. — Jody Hedlund

We the People . . . The People of the Long House. — P.J. Parker

You're safe now. — Jody Hedlund

I'll try to turn the other cheek....But I've only got two and they're both stinging. — Heather Blanton

Rainbow Cloud strode forward like a hunting cat with the same strength of height and broad shoulders, the same rolling gait as First Light's father. They were indeed the same man, split in two at birth, so the family might be rewarded by twice the skill in hunting each brother possessed. — P.J. Parker

Love has a heavy load of possibilities. You can't have it without some measure of pain. They go together with an inseparable bond in this world. But it's worth it. I promise you, the treasure is worth the pain. — Miranda Shisler

I refuse to believe the people of Texas and all Americans in the world have forgotten us. — P.J. Parker

You asked if I loved her?
I can't even whisper her name, my heart would burst out of my chest. — Ahmad Ardalan

No words in our ledgers could do justice to this sublime beauty," Captain Lewis said. "The expedition should have brought a camera obscura."
Peter wasn't familiar with the words, but no matter. He knew he was part of something magnificent - something greater than himself or the Corps of Discovery. And he knew what it was.
It was America.
And it was beautiful. — P.J. Parker

This is a time of change," the Shaman said. "This is a time of enormous power. — P.J. Parker

I've seen enough cowboys in my life to know I don't want one for a husband."
...Victoria
"Every good man I know is a cowboy." — Scarlett Dunn

France is to me the heroine in the romance of all the nations of all time. This feeling was born in me years ago when I read how her noble sons had defended America in its cradle. Today I am proud that I am one of the millions who will come to save our heroine from the clutches of the villain from across the Rhine. — William Arthur Sirmon

The Day of Trouble is Near — P.J. Parker

Do you plan on marrying Charles?"
She shook her head.
"Good. I wouldn't want to shoot him, but I would."
... Finding Promise — Scarlett Dunn

Give to the world the best you have and the best will come back to you. — Myrna Ericksen

Naomi knew she should pray... Instead, she put her face in her hands and wept with all the force of a bursting dam. — Heather Blanton

Sometimes time can play tricks. One moment it idles by, an hour can seem a lifetime, such as when sitting by the river at dusk watching the bats snatching insects above the limpid waters; the breaching fish causing ringed ripples and a satisfying plop. Other times, time flashes by in an immodest fashion. So it is with the start of war. First time quivers with the last strum of a wonderful peace, the note holding in the air, mysterious and haunting, filling the listener with awe. Then, with a rising crescendo the terror starts with uncouth haste; with a boom the listener is shaken from their reverie and delivered into the servitude, of an ear-shattering cacophony. — M.A. Lossl

She was lucky if he stood behind her. Not so lucky if he came to crush her. And a woman might only learn the truth of it - when he walked out of her life.
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Don't simply exist in this world, but grasp life's potential by the jacket. Dare it to be all it can. Make life historical - a gripping account of accomplishment. Make life a mystery - a challenging, bold adventure. Make life heartfelt - an enduring, poetic romance. Whatever it is you make of your world, live the fairytale. — Richelle E. Goodrich

Do not fret, my brother, my child. For the buffalo will roam the plains once more. — P.J. Parker

Could he really want a relationship with a woman who was at the point in life of trading beauty for wisdom? — Heather Blanton

We can best honor our dead by livin' well. Moving' forward dusna mean y love them any less. It just means ye're still alive. — Heather Blanton

Though the heart may be cracked wide, pain can still seep in. — Rachelle Rea Cobb

He could fit what he knew about women in a bullet casing and still have room for the gunpowder. — Karen Witemeyer

The only thing he was sorry for was slamming the door and perhaps raising his voice to the woman who'd been like a mother to him since the passing of his parents. Perhaps she hadn't really deserved his reaction, but he was, justifiably, weary of their meddling and hearing about his father's will. Apparently no suitable maiden was going to appear on his doorstep. He seemed to be looking for a needle in a haystack. — Lisa M. Prysock

For whom do you cry, my son?" the Great Spirit asked.
"I do not know."
"Yes, you do. — P.J. Parker

Her face a mask of fury and determination. — Jody Hedlund

What's bosoms?" Cade asked.
"You'll find out when you get older," Jake said.
"A lot older," Colt said. — Scarlett Dunn

But she'd learned instead to hope in the one Beacon that would always be there, no matter what darkness came her way. — Jody Hedlund

A love so true, so consuming, so good. — Melissa Jagears

We must love our slaves, Papa. We must love them as hard as we are able. — P.J. Parker