I should like the woman I choose to be very honest, generous, and to have a sincere faith in God, rather than mindlessly following the rules.
You have every right to be free, Miss Langdon. No one is denying you that. But freedom is only valuable if you use your freedom wisely.
Everyone will say I’m insane, but I don’t care, Rose. Is it insane to marry the girl I love? A girl with golden brown hair, with gifts of beauty and goodness and storytelling?
He considered telling her that she could, and often, if she married him.
Only the most passionate love could ever induce me to marry.
But in her heart she truly believed she was a better lady than Lady Dorothea ever was. Was it wrong to think she was nobler in her heart than the true nobleman’s daughter?
Rejoice always, pray continually, give thanks in all circumstances; for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus1 Thessalonians 5:16-18
Or as Gabe had done, to rescue your betrothed from some evil force. That appealed to him. But he’d yet to find a damsel in distress, oppressed by evil and in need of rescue.
He had danced with fair maidens before, but Odette was different. She was graceful and beautiful, but there was something in her eyes and in the things she said, an intelligence and a boldness that belied her quiet demeanor.
His hands wrapped around her upper arms, holding her gently. “You are even more beautiful when you dance.
Except I was hoping someday to see you standing on a ship’s deck in your shirtsleeves with a cutlass between your teeth.””Maybe it can be arranged
Ruexner will pay dearly for this,” Valten promised, speaking to no one in particular, but imagining he had the fiend’s neck between his hands. If he dared hurt Gisela…
Her jaw was firmly set, but her lips… her full, perfect lips were slightly parted in an expression that matched the vulnerability in her eyes -frightened yet determined. His heart skippeed a beat, and he swallowed the lump in his throat.
You are brave and strong and good, noble and kind. I love you and I think you’re…
If you die fighting, I want to die fighting with you.
She was so lovely, it hurt his chest to gaze at her, especially knowing she was courageous and clever too.
She whispered, “Even with a broken hand, you are the knight I’d most want and trust to rescue me-and I know you can do it. You are the boldest, bravest, most noble knight in the Holy Empire.
Ruexner chuckled and put away his knife. Gisela kept her eyes on Valten. Even though her bottom lip trembled, she still looked like the bravest woman he had ever seen.