Nancy Campbell Allen > Quotes

“The amount of insight to be gained from reading novels is tremendous.”
― Nancy Campbell Allen, The Matchmaker's Lonely Heart

“One must use caution in sharing secrets or drawing others into a confidence. Be certain a friend possesses the skills necessary to remain silent.”
― Nancy Campbell Allen, The Matchmaker's Lonely Heart

“I am not willing to subject you to a lifetime of the potential dangers of living with a predatory shifter."...

"We've already discussed that. I'm not in any danger. In fact, you saved my life while in shifted form. We'll be fine. We can go for long walks together." She smirked. "I'll buy a leash.”
― Nancy Campbell Allen, Beauty and the Clockwork Beast

“Some people rioted for the sake of rioting.”
― Nancy Campbell Allen, Brass Carriages and Glass Hearts

“Though Amelie was a voracious reader of romantic novels, she was painfully shy around men in whom she found an interest.”
― Nancy Campbell Allen, The Matchmaker's Lonely Heart

“Oh, Mother, not you too! We cannot deny people their rights simply because there may be a few bad members of their group who abuse them. We may as well lock ourselves up, then. Heaven knows there are plenty of bad humans - humans who do not Shift into animals but simply harbor an evil we might all potentially possess.”
― Nancy Campbell Allen, Brass Carriages and Glass Hearts

“You must fight, my female friends, and never stop. If under attack, you must endeavor to forget all you have learned about proper behavior and claw your way to freedom. Others in your life may have alternate suggestions, but if they do not involve kicking and biting, clawing and hitting, you may safely disregard them.”
― Nancy Campbell Allen, The Matchmaker's Lonely Heart

“Miss Pickett...Lucy ~ for the love of heaven, may I call you Lucy? I've saved you from a ghost and a vamp attack. I've seen your naked back, and this marks the second time you've slept in my bed.”
― Nancy Campbell Allen, Beauty and the Clockwork Beast

“He is just different. That is all.”
She looked perplexed, but said, “Different is good. Different is wonderful.”
― Nancy Campbell Allen, The Matchmaker's Lonely Heart

“Although solving murders and matchmaking ought to be as different as night and day, the thump of excitement in her heart was the same.”
― Nancy Campbell Allen, The Matchmaker's Lonely Heart

“My father was a constable and died while performing his duty. My brother-in-law and partner died while performing his duty. I saw the effects those deaths had on my mother and sister, and I cannot, in good conscience, do that to a woman I . . .”
Her spirits sank as he trailed off. “What a shame, Detective. I suppose that such a woman would then marry a factory worker, or other laborer, or a man in any one of a number of dangerous professions. Or perhaps a banker, who is accidently trampled in the street by a runaway carriage. Or a farmer who contracts consumption at the village autumn fete and succumbs to it weeks later.” She shook her head and pulled back.
He released her, remaining silent, watching her.
She shrugged, stuffing the pen and notebook into her reticule. “We are all going to die someday, and what a pity it would be to lose the possibility for happy opportunities because of fear.”
― Nancy Campbell Allen, The Matchmaker's Lonely Heart

“Perhaps, for some, love strikes like lightning, but for me, it crept upon me like a thief in the night. A very handsome thief, who has quite stolen my once-lonely heart.”
― Nancy Campbell Allen, The Matchmaker's Lonely Heart

“Now that he’d arrived at his own conclusions about his plans for the future he was prepared to wait. He was a patient man after all, and as it concerned games of strategy he was very good at looking down the road. When she was ready, he would be there.”
― Nancy Campbell Allen, To Capture His Heart

“My brother, Stephen, has always said I live in a world of fairy tales. That is laughable, though, because the books I read contain all sorts of murder and mayhem, usually committed with revolvers or knives, and once even a machete.”
― Nancy Campbell Allen, The Matchmaker's Lonely Heart

“Gratitude for bullets dodged is much healthier than self-pity or regret.”
― Nancy Campbell Allen, To Capture His Heart

“She enjoys reading novels, solving puzzles, and helping couples find true love.”
― Nancy Campbell Allen, The Matchmaker's Lonely Heart

“She had the impression she’d tipped her hand and he’d seen every card.”
― Nancy Campbell Allen, To Capture His Heart

“She was edgy, her mood still unruffled and didn’t know if it was a result of the reticule strangeness, irritation over the mean ladies, and their obnoxious Mr. Smyth, or a mad desire to shove Detective Nathaniel Winston into a pantry and kiss him senseless herself rather than wait in anticipation for him to do it”
― Nancy Campbell Allen, To Capture His Heart

“I will catch you each time the mess threatens to erupt. I will hold you and keep you safe and love you with everything I have and am.”
― Nancy Campbell Allen, To Capture His Heart

“Be careful what you wish for, lest it come true.”
― Nancy Campbell Allen, The Matchmaker's Lonely Heart

“You should kiss me again, often, so I don’t become irritated.”

He lowered his head teasing, smiling against her lips.

“But if you’re irritated then I can enjoy the process of fixing it.”
― Nancy Campbell Allen, To Capture His Heart