Laura Frantz > Quotes

“I've been thinking of something your father said - that the true measure of love is what one is willing to give up for it. He was talking about freedom - fighting for liberty. But I believe 'tis the same for love as war.”
― Laura Frantz, The Colonel's Lady

“His tender tone turned her heart over. She obliged, tilting her head back slightly and looking up at him in the firelit darkness. When he bent his head and his mouth met hers, she gave a little sigh, her lips parting slightly in surprise and expectation. He kissed her with the same sure decisiveness with which he did everything else, his mouth trailing to her cheek and chin and ear, returning again and again to her mouth and lingering there, his breath mingling with her own.

She felt adrift in small, sharp bursts of pleasure. Was this how a man was suppose to kiss a woman? Tenderly... firmly... repeatedly? His fingers fanned through her hair till the pins gave way and wayward locks spilled like black ribbon to the small of her back. In answer, her arms circled his neck, bringing him nearer, every kiss sweeter and surer than the one before. Soon they were lost in a haze of sighs and murmurs and caresses.”
― Laura Frantz, The Colonel's Lady

“God goes with me. There's no better escort.”
― Laura Frantz, The Lacemaker

“She could no longer remember what Ambrose looked like, or smelled like, or was like. All she knew was Cassius Clayton McLinn. All she wanted began and ended with him.”
― Laura Frantz, The Colonel's Lady

“Tears glinted in her eyes. "I want no secrets between us, Silas."

"No secrets," he echoed, his mouth near the gentle curve of her ear. "Then you should know I can hardly breathe for thinking of you. You're the most maddening lass I've ever known, and every day without you near is an agony to me." Taking her face between his hands, he moved to kiss her, but the sound of approaching horses gave him pause.”
― Laura Frantz, Love's Reckoning

“That she was thirsty for heavenly things, there could be no doubt.”
― Laura Frantz, Love's Reckoning

“I'd rather wear out than rust out," he'd once said years before, echoing the words of the evangelist George Whitefield.”
― Laura Frantz, Love's Reckoning

“Pray for me Ellie. Never Stop loving Me.”
― Laura Frantz, Love's Awakening

“What I get fearful about the future, I look back and see how faithful God has been.”
― Laura Frantz, The Mistress of Tall Acre

“One of life's most painful mysteries was that time moved on, with or without you. Those left behind loved and laughed and resumed living as if you'd never been at all.”
― Laura Frantz, A Moonbow Night

“Books, like friends, should be few and well-chosen. Samuel Johnson”
― Laura Frantz, Love's Reckoning

“Every house, to be a true home, needs a mistress.”
― Laura Frantz, Love's Awakening

“As soon as she set foot outside, she could hear the empty conversation and laughter resume. Like sounding brass and tinkling cymbals.”
― Laura Frantz, The Colonel's Lady

“Morrow ... my heart is on the ground." The simple Shawnee phrase rent her heart. She simply bent her head as he whispered, "Remember how much I love you. Remember love bears all things.”
― Laura Frantz, Courting Morrow Little

“Some matters you have little control over. Love is one of them.”
― Laura Frantz, Love's Awakening

“All she had left was faith. Belief. God Himself.”
― Laura Frantz, The Mistress of Tall Acre

“Lord, please steady my spirit.”
― Laura Frantz, The Rose and the Thistle

“You’re different than you used to be. A few months ago you wouldn’t have followed me onto this porch.” The compliment, if it was that, brought tears to her eyes. “I—I’m sorry for treating you so badly. I’m ashamed now of how I snubbed you—acted afraid of you—” “It’s common enough.” The admission startled her—made her feel grieved and defensive and tender toward him all at once. She longed to lay a reassuring hand on his sleeve but checked herself. There was no self-pity in his manner, only truth telling, and she sensed he didn’t want her sympathy, just her friendship. And her forgiveness. “A half blood belongs to no one, red or white,” he said. “You belong to God,” she said softly.”
― Laura Frantz, Courting Morrow Little

“But home wasn’t a place, she was coming to realize. Home was family. Home was right here, right now. With these God-given people.”
― Laura Frantz, Courting Morrow Little

“Gardening is the purest human pleasure. Francis Bacon”
― Laura Frantz, Love's Reckoning

“So Captain Jack’s come a-courtin’.” Her hands stilled on the basket. “Who?” “The tall Shawnee who come by your cabin.” The tall one. Lael felt a small surge of triumph at learning his name. Captain Jack. Oddly, she felt no embarrassment. Lifting her shoulders in a slight shrug, she continued pulling the vines into a tight circle. “He come by, but I don’t know why.” “Best take a long look in the mirror, then.” Lael’s eyes roamed the dark walls. Ma Horn didn’t own one. “Beads and a blanket, was it?” She nodded and looked back down. “I still can’t figure out why some Shawnee would pay any mind to a white girl like me.” Ma Horn chuckled, her face alight in the dimness. “Why, Captain Jack’s as white as you are.” “What?” she blurted, eyes wide as a child’s. Ma Horn’s smile turned sober. “He’s no Indian, Shawnee or otherwise, so your pa says. He was took as a child from some-wheres in North Carolina. All he can remember of his past life is his white name—Jack.”
― Laura Frantz, The Frontiersman's Daughter

“when you meet the man you want to be with for life, you'll want to run to him and not away from him.”
― Laura Frantz, Courting Morrow Little: A Novel

“Her fervent prayer went the way of her hopes and became floating wreckage. As the years passed, it hardly seemed to matter.”
― Laura Frantz, A Heart Adrift

“Mostly I just want my daughter to read. To grow lost in books.”
― Laura Frantz, The Mistress of Tall Acre

“Sin oft comes disguised glittering and crowned, not reeking and clad in rags.”
― Laura Frantz, The Rose and the Thistle

“Morrow . . . let me love you.”
― Laura Frantz, Courting Morrow Little

“We thank Thee, Lord, for happy hearts, for rain and sunny weather. We thank Thee, Lord for this our food, and that we are together. Amen.”
― Laura Frantz, The Mistress of Tall Acre

“I didn't want to frighten you. I only tell you now because if you leave, I cannot guarantee your safety even with a guard posted.

Then I'll take extra care myself and rely on the Lord.”
― Laura Frantz, The Mistress of Tall Acre

“A heart is a fine thing to have in a cold world”
― Laura Frantz, An Uncommon Woman

“Though sympathy tugged at her, Sophie's imagination made fearsome leaps. The grieving widower. The destitute governess. A motherless child. It had all the makings of a scintillating novel.”
― Laura Frantz, The Mistress of Tall Acre