“The worst thing about loneliness is that it brings one face to face with oneself.” Mary Balogh Source: No Man's Mistress Loneliness
“She was not sorry. And if it was the wine telling her that, then she would tell the wine the same thing tomorrow. She was not sorry.” Mary Balogh Source: Slightly Wicked Wine
“Occasionally we all do wrong things from right motives. Only time can prove us right or wrong. The past is the past. Nothing can change it now, and who is to say that it was all wrong, anyway?” Mary Balogh Source: The Devil's Web Motivation , Change , Time , Past
“I wish," he said, "I had known at eighteen what I know now - that there are some things on which one does not compromise.” Mary Balogh Source: Simply Perfect
“My happiness has to come from within myself or it is too fragile a thing to be of any use to me and too much of a burden to benefit any of my loved ones.” Mary Balogh Source: First Comes Marriage Love , Happiness