Stella Riley > Quotes

“All his life he’d believed that birth and privilege were an automatic passport to principle and the finer feelings generally unknown amongst the lower orders. Now he knew that, in extreme circumstances, the differences boiled down to little more than a smattering of education and the quality of one’s coat”
― Stella Riley, The King's Falcon

“Sorry for you? he finished crisply. I thought you knew me better than that.'' "I did ... I do"

"Then why ask it? If you marry me, I'll make no more allowances than I did at Oakleigh less, perhaps. I'm not proposing to be your eyes-though I'd give you mine if I could. But I can't. And unless you love me, I've nothing at all to offer. For the simple fact is that it's I who need you and not the other way about.But only," he repeated, "if you love me. I don't think I can settle for less.”
― Stella Riley, The Parfit Knight

“but love without understanding is a poor thing”
― Stella Riley, The Parfit Knight

“sprays of miniature pale yellow rose-buds.”
― Stella Riley, Hazard

“his,”
― Stella Riley, Garland of Straw

“wide-brimmed straw hat decked with yellow roses”
― Stella Riley, Hazard

“Bonjedward and”
― Stella Riley, A Trick of Fate

“But the unpleasant truth was that, with this new ruthlessness in the air, the old life was gone forever and any victory now could not be anything other than Pyrrhic.”
― Stella Riley, The Black Madonna

“everyone wants liberty but no one will give it”
― Stella Riley, Lords of Misrule

“When you are told a thing over and over … when there is no-one to tell you it isn’t true … then you believe it”
― Stella Riley, Hazard

“But, if that’s so, why are we having this conversation?’

‘You’re not enjoying it?’

‘Am I supposed to?’

‘Of course. I’m giving you the chance to decide precisely why I intrigue you.”
― Stella Riley, The Black Madonna

“You may think what you please. What you may not do is show it.”
― Stella Riley, The Black Madonna

“Nobody rises so high as he who doesn’t know where he’s going.”
― Stella Riley, Lords of Misrule