Virginia Henley > Quotes

“With horror he saw that her hair was already afire as the tarred stake burned about her head. He held her agonized gaze with his fierce black eyes. "I'll love you forever, and beyond," he vowed as he raised both arms and plunged his sword into her heart.

~Marcus Magnus”
― Virginia Henley, Enslaved

“...to be Irish is to know the world will break your heart before you are thirty.”
― Virginia Henley, The Hawk and the Dove

“So this was love then—wanting to give only pleasure to the beloved; constantly searching your mind for love tokens that would bring a smile to her lips or a sparkle to her eyes. He deeply regretted it had come so late in life, but since his heart’s desire was Eleanor who was so much younger than he, it could have been no other way. He was grateful it had come at all.”
― Virginia Henley, The Dragon and the Jewel

“Love is a journey from the first blush of physical attraction to a marriage of souls.”
― Virginia Henley, Dream Lover

“Darling, we're all whores under the skin, whether we give ourselves by calculation or by desire. It's just that some of us demand a higher price than others.”
― Virginia Henley, A Woman of Passion: A Novel

“... love pales into insignificance when pitted against ambition.”
― Virginia Henley, A Woman of Passion: A Novel

“I want to dip my finger in your pot of honey.”
― Virginia Henley, The Falcon and the Flower