Quotes from book

Whitney, My Love

“I want more from life than that and I have more to give.”

“We all do foolish things when we are in love. Don't we, your grace?”

“You will soon discover that in matters of the heart, memories are much kinder than reality”

“God help me if I ever injure my back," Clayton quipped.
"God help you if you ever turn it," Whitney snapped, "for there'll surely be some heartbroken papa or cuckolded husband ready with a knife--if I don't murder you first.”

“God help him." He chortled. "He doesn't realize he loves her. And even if he did, he wouldn't admitted it."
-Dr. Whitticomb”

“You can't condemn me for wanting you, unless you condemn every other man who has."

-Clayton Westmoreland”

“Whitney: Where is your home?
Clayton: Wherever you are.”

“Missing you?" she giggled incredulously. "I could cheerfully murder you."
"I'd come back to haunt you," he threatened with a grin.
"And that," she said, "is the only reason why I haven't tried.”

“Childhood romances always seem so real, so enduring, when we are separated from the object of our affection. But usually, when we return, we find that our dreams and memories quiet surpassed reality.

-Lady Anne, Whitney's aunt”

“Sometimes it just happens - to the wrong people at the wrong time.”