AnneMarie Brear > Quotes

“could still go on holiday. Maybe. With this in mind, I rang Joanna,”
― AnneMarie Brear, Hooked on You

“I told you not to let fear keep you from living your life...but also going my own way was more than having my own way.”
― AnneMarie Brear, The Promise of Tomorrow

“I was convinced that my position in society revealed my true character and nature.”
― AnneMarie Brear, The Promise of Tomorrow

“adventurous”
― AnneMarie Brear, Beneath a Stormy Sky

“few”
― AnneMarie Brear, Kitty McKenzie

“Huntley”
― AnneMarie Brear, The Distant Legacy

“importance, just the weather, the landscape and”
― AnneMarie Brear, Southern Sons

“she gave a little pull and then in a swoosh of water and blood the baby slithered out onto the bed and its cry filled the room. ‘It’s here!’ Royston, a piece of wood in his hand, stood staring in awe. He dropped the wood and fell to the floor beside the bed, kissing Daisy’s face in rapture. ‘What is it?’ Daisy asked tiredly. ‘A girl,’ Millie said over the baby’s wailing. She wiped the baby’s tiny face, cleaning away the gunky birth mess.”
― AnneMarie Brear, Christmas at the Chateau

“Let her go or I'll blow a hole clear through you. Move this instant! (You can't seriously mean to threaten me with that? You couldn't possibly know one end of that gun from the other.) I know the end I have at you is capable of taking off your head and believe me, Mr. Cabot, she said in a low even tone, I'd have little trouble pulling the trigger and doing just that. You yourself are always reminding me of my insanity.”
― AnneMarie Brear, The Promise of Tomorrow

“be an”
― AnneMarie Brear, The Promise of Tomorrow

“Columbia.”
― AnneMarie Brear, To Gain What's Lost

“Virgina, it would break our hearts should you die. Your father and I love you so much. Please don't leave us now.”
― AnneMarie Brear, The Promise of Tomorrow

“Virgnia, you must get well! (No one would suffer.) I would suffer! - Virgina & Joseph”
― AnneMarie Brear, The Promise of Tomorrow

“I know I don't deserve your forgiveness, but I'm asking for it nevertheless- Lee / Friend you've always had it. You should have known that. -Joseph”
― AnneMarie Brear, The Promise of Tomorrow

“an”
― AnneMarie Brear, Beneath a Stormy Sky

“as”
― AnneMarie Brear, The Market Stall Girl

“with yearning. He came back to kiss her”
― AnneMarie Brear, The Distant Legacy

“Father, it means the world to me that I have not shamed you.”
― AnneMarie Brear, The Promise of Tomorrow

“cows that didn’t breed this year, or who are too old.”
― AnneMarie Brear, Whispers of Spring

“and you have a home of your home,”
― AnneMarie Brear, Whispers of Spring

“There are other ways to hurt a woman without leaving visible marks, isn’t there?”
― AnneMarie Brear, Whispers of Spring

“a good an hour before”
― AnneMarie Brear, The Tobacconist's Wife

“A willing heart that seeks to do what God would have you do will take you much farther than all the book knowledge and education that man can afford you.”
― AnneMarie Brear, The Promise of Tomorrow

“The truth is the truth, no matter how much we wish it to be otherwise. In the beginning I loved them, or at least I wanted to. But Hampton killed my love.”
― AnneMarie Brear, The Promise of Tomorrow

“I may well be envious but I am not an adulterous woman”
― AnneMarie Brear, The Promise of Tomorrow

“rounds of cheese, loaves bread”
― AnneMarie Brear, Whispers of Spring

“I cannot turn back the hands of time.”
― AnneMarie Brear, The Promise of Tomorrow

“Farm”
― AnneMarie Brear, A Distant Horizon

“with their problems. There are asylums catering for people like Letitia, but Mama won’t hear of it.’ ‘And nor should she!’ Phoebe stood and walked to the window to gaze out of it. ‘Imagine what people would think.’ Gaby looked from one sister to another. ‘What is to be done?’ ‘Nothing for the moment, unfortunately.’ Grace shook her head sadly. ‘You appear weary, Grace. You must take care of yourself too.’ ‘I try.’ Grace replaced her teacup and saucer on the tray. ‘The doctor’s bill is enormous from his attendance to Father, Mama’s feigned sicknesses and now”
― AnneMarie Brear, Grace's Courage

“Who can measure her destiny?”
― AnneMarie Brear, The Promise of Tomorrow