Quotes by Sherry Thomas

Do not undervalue what you are ultimately worth because you are at a momentary disadvantage.

She had very much looked forward to a word in private with him. But she forgot, as she usually did, the silence that always came between them in these latter years, whenever they found themselves alone.The queer sensation in her chest, however, was all too familiar, that mix of pleasure and pain, never one without the other.She could have done without those feelings. She would have happily gone her entire life never experiencing the pangs of longing and the futility of regret. He made her human—or as human as she was capable of being. And being human was possibly her least favorite aspect of life.

She wanted to run her hands over him as he whispered the impassioned corollaries of non-Euclidean geometry.

Worrying about outcomes over which I have no control is punishing myself before the universe has decided whether I ought to be punished.

As a youth, I listened to the rain from the bowers of pleasure houses,Red silk drapes translucent in the glow of candlelight.In my prime, I listened to the rain as a traveler,The sky low, the river broad, the calls of the wild geese harsh and cold.Now, grey at the temples, I listen to the rain beneath the eaves of an abandoned cloister.Has mine been a futile life?I have no answers, only the sound of raindrops upon worn stone steps,And long hours yet to pass before the light of dawn.

That the loss of a man, even if he had been the love of her life, was not the end of a womans existence.

Outwardly, other than her hair, she had not changed much. She was still more or less the same cool, aloof woman who garnered more respect than affection. On the inside, however, it had been impossible to return to the person she used to be.

Every story must have such a terrible moment, or it wouldnt be interesting.

You are asking me to give up everything for a cause that isnt mine. I dont want to be part of any revolution. I just want to live.

I beg you to exercise wisdom and restraint and remember that not all opportunities are created equal. Some are nothing but steps leading down toward catastrophe.

Two characters and sexy banter do not a book make, damn it.

Her jaw dropped. She grabbed him by the shoulders. “I think I have formed an attachment to you. You know, what the English call a desire to have symphonic concerts with someone at all hours of the day?”He smiled. “And I love you too, darling.”-Lizzy and Will

You can live forever for me.

Dont worry, darling. Ill look out for myself. And Ive reached an age when I have no problem telling someone to fuck off.

I’ve always loved you,” he said, his eyes a blue that was almost violet. “You know this.” She swallowed a lump in her throat. “I only wonder whether I deserve such devotion.”“Sometimes people fall in love with those who do not return the same strength of feelings. It is as it is,” he said with a quiet intensity. “What I give, I give freely. You owe me nothing, not love, not friendship, not even obligation.

Fortune favors the brave.Another moment of silence. And then, Iolanthe found herself shouting at the top of her lungs, her voice nearly drowned by the bellow of all the rebels present, And the brave make their own fortune!

I wonder now how we got by when you werent here.I have no doubt the devastation was widespread, the suffering universal.Indeed, it was the Dark Ages in the annals of Mrs. Dawlishs house. Ignorance was thick on the ground, and unenlkghtenment befogged all the windows.

“The success of my rule does not rely on my ability to recite obscure Latin verse.”

“I had this daft idea to come and bury the past. Except the past is not quite dead.”

“Sometimes limbs must be re-broken to set properly, her heart too needed to shatter anew before it could truly heal.”