Deanna Raybourn citations

“Fate is by far the greatest mystery of all.”

“Oh, yes. I mean to marry him. But not because I want him to give me a life. I want to marry him to share the life I already have. The difference, I think you will find, is a significant one.”

“If you were a man, your ladyship, I would cordially horsewhip you for that remark.”

“I abhorred weakness of any kind but most particularly in my tea.”

“I would give up everything for you, Giulia"
I smiled at him gently. "But you must understand. I should never want a man to give up anything for me. I should want him to feel in winning me he has won the whole world…”

“I adored history, not the dry dates and boring battles, but the stories and the people who populated them.”

“After a moment, he turned sharply to me. 'Are you quite all right?'

'Yes, perfectly. Why do you ask?'

'Because I have just called you contrary and you did not bother to contradict me. I thought you might be ill.”

“Now I was more certain than ever of my decision. I could not love a man who did not love Jane Austen.”

“One is not born English without knowing how to converse easily about the weather.”