Emma Lea > Quotes

“magical. With the still snow-capped mountains in the distance, it was picture perfect. The palace staff had lined the stairs to welcome me home and Lorraine led me through the lower level to my mother’s sanctuary. It had always been her favourite place in the whole of the palace and she said being surrounded by the exotic plants she bred gave her serenity. There was a breakfast table set and my mother sat in a chair with a cup of tea in her hand. She looked thinner and dark circles marred her still beautiful face. Queen Margot had been a French actress when she had captured my father’s heart. She had given up her life to marry him and I had never questioned just what that had cost her until now. She stood”
― Emma Lea, A Royal Engagement

“Revenge, death, war, they all came from selfishness and pride and the only cure for that was love.”
― Emma Lea, Cursed

“to any god who would hear me to”
― Emma Lea, A Royal Entrapment

“I believed in God myself, I just had an objection to having to conform to what society determined was religion.  To me, it was a private thing, something to be worked out between me and God, but if I skipped the service it would be yet another black mark against my name.”
― Emma Lea, A Royal Engagement

“He felt washed and new.”
― Emma Lea, Cursed

“On his right stood Leona ruthlessly reaching into the soft minds of the acolytes and disabling them violently.  They had fought together before, but not for a long time and he wondered if she was still capable of the brutality that this kind of close quarters battle required.  She was. On”
― Emma Lea, Eternal

“Love was not passive.”
― Emma Lea, Cursed