Michael Stirling Quotes & Sayings

And I hope you will not think me foolish when I also extend my thanks.
Thank you, Michael, for letting my son love her first.
- from Janet Stirling, dowager Countess of Kilmartin, to Michael Stirling, Earl of Kilmartin — Julia Quinn

Our friendship, for example, and how quickly we passed through each other, from fascinated strangers to loyal chums to relics of each other's world. We'd been pawns of proximity, choiceless as brothers. — Sam Lipsyte

Did you wonder?" he whispered. "Did you leave me and wonder what I hadn't told you?" He leaned in, just so she'd feel his lips move whisper-light against her ear.
"Did you want to know what I did when I was wicked? Do you want me to tell you?" he murmured. He felt her jerk slightly in surprise, and he chuckled. "Not about them, Francesca. You. Only you."
-Michael Stirling — Julia Quinn

I love you, precious. I've always loved you. From the moment I first saw you. I knew before you did, I think. — Laurelin Paige

Love is a coin that cannot be bought or sold but must be given. — Jeffrey Fry

Alfie Dawlish. Invented all sorts of imaginary ailments for the family at the Manor so he could rob them and treat the village for nothing. It was his primitive version of the Health Service — John Mortimer

Every great idea is on the verge of being stupid. — Michel Gondry

If we really knew the God of Jesus, we would stop trying to control and manipulate others "for their own good," knowing full well that this is not how God works among His people. - The Signature of Jesus — Brennan Manning

The dear Lord has favored us with a share of His cross. The greatest and undoubtedly the hardest to bear is the lack of success in our work here. If a saint had been in charge, all would have gone well. — Rose Philippine Duchesne

And she never knew that he laid awake the whole time, his lips at her temple, his hand against her hair.
Whispering her name.
Whispering other words as well. — Julia Quinn

I've certainly experienced physical pain in my life. — Katey Sagal

Beauty is terror. — Donna Tartt

I have the thickest skin of anyone you'll ever meet. No one can say anything about me I haven't heard a million times before. — Kelly Brook

The thought was sobering. How many people's motives didn't match up with what I'd taken for their actions? How many villains were the heroes of their own stories? I didn't know, and I was terribly afraid that I was never going to find out. — Mira Grant

You can live, provided you live; that is, you can live for ever, provided you live a good life. — Saint Augustine