Claire Delacroix > Quotes

“No man of honor avoided what needed to be done, simply because it might not proceed in his favor.”
― Claire Delacroix, The Beauty Bride

“Siobhan's smiled broadened, "Aye, it matters naught where one is born, as long as one discovers where one is truly meant to be."
-- The Countess by Claire Delacroix”
― Claire Delacroix, The Countess

“Naught is simple about the truth. There is the truth of what happened and the truth of what I believe happened and the truth of what I still remember to have happened. And that does not embrace the truths perceived and remembered by others, let alone whether any of us witnessed the fullness of the truth in the first place.”
― Claire Delacroix, Highland Heroes: Three Scottish Medieval Romances

“Without honesty we can build nothing at all. Trust rests upon honesty's foundation, as does affection and even love.”
― Claire Delacroix, The Snow White Bride

“She’d dissected Margaret’s body without interference, preserving her with formalin, zinc salts, salicylic acid and glycerin. Her organs had been removed and packed in salt for conservation. The family mausoleum had been the perfect resting chamber, as the stone made it easier to keep the body at optimal cold temperature.”
― Claire Delacroix, Charmed at Christmas

“this would be no easy victory. “In truth, Alexander, you are so demanding these days that a saint would defy you, and do so simply for the pleasure of thwarting your schemes. You”
― Claire Delacroix, The Beauty Bride

“She liked talking to him, and the rest was irrelevant. People changed over their lives after all, becoming thinner or heavier, balder or more grey. It was their essence that mattered most”
― Claire Delacroix, A Duke by Any Other Name

“hers to”
― Claire Delacroix, The Countess

“If he had a wife, he’d have warmth in his bed, to be sure. But if he had a wife, he’d have a wealth of other problems. Like having a wife.”
― Claire Delacroix, Charmed at Christmas

“mangonels they had brought from Aysgarth to launch”
― Claire Delacroix, Border Brotherhood: Heroes of Medieval England and Scotland

“I believe it is the task of men to make a difference in this world, while they yet can.”
― Claire Delacroix, The Crusader's Kiss

“I have wed twice, sir, and been widowed twice. No man survives his nuptial night with me, it appears, and you, sir, have been too kind to deserve such a fate.”
― Claire Delacroix, The Crusader's Kiss

“That was true, at least. He cared about Felicity—he just didn’t understand her.”
― Claire Delacroix, Charmed at Christmas

“possibility that she might not have been the sole one to be barren. She was the eldest,”
― Claire Delacroix, The Crusader's Heart