Raashmi

“Some loves come unbidden like winds from the sea, and others grow from the seeds of friendship.”
― Raymond E. Feist, Magician

“The Honeywell girls knew Latin and Greek, European languages and history, philosophy and economics, and even a smattering of biology (scandalous indeed). Alice, Astrid’s younger sister by three years, excelled at maths, of all things, and helped Astrid keep the estate books in order. Ardyce and Antonia, the two youngest, liked to chatter to each other in ancient Greek and reenact scenes from Homeric epics in the stable yard. Astrid, unsurprisingly, enjoyed spouting political theory the most, and had firm opinions on the matter of women’s place in society. She was a bluestocking and proud of it.”
― Maggie Fenton, The Duke's Holiday

“They walked for some time without encountering anything more intelligent than a flock of geese crossing the road and a pair of cows napping in the sun. It was well past noon when Montford”
― Maggie Fenton, The Duke's Holiday

“Friends can betray you, but with an old enemy, you always know where you stand.”
― Raymond E. Feist, Krondor: The Betrayal