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Will grinned. “Some of these books are dangerous,” he said. “It’s wise to be careful.”“One must always be careful of books,” said Tessa, “and what is ...more

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Being Jem, Tessa reflected, must be a great deal like being the owner of a thouroughbred dog that liked to bite your guests. You had to have a hand on...more

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Lord, you're Irish," said Will. "Can you make things that don't have potatoes in them? We had an Irish cook once when I was a boy. Potato pie, potato ...more

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wanting what you could not have led to misery and madness

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Sophie," he said, and when she gave him a stern look, he took a hasty swig of the posset. “Miss Collins. I have not yet had a chance to properly apolo...more

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A sense of hopelessness had invaded his bones, as chill and as inescapable as the rain.

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Come back to me, Tessa. Henry said that perhaps, since you had touched the soul of an angel, that you dream of Heaven now, of fields of angels and flo...more

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I did not think you would be angry, Jem burst out, and it was like ice cracking across a frozen waterfall, freeing a torrent. We were engaged, Tessa. ...more

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No one can say that death found in me a willing comrade, or that I went easily.

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I think everyone is strong and weak in different ways.

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There is nothing more important than love. And no law higher." - Malcolm Fade

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He can touch your soul. And there is a difference between having your heart break and having your soul shatter.

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I don’t know,” Mark said, looking down at his own long pale fingers tangled in the little boy’s brown curls. “He just – Julian left, and Tavvy fell as...more

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He could sleep in the ruins of cities lost for centuries.

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As long as there is love and memory, there is no true death," - John Carstairs