Franklyn Bouten

“When speaking to her husband, Isabella replied, Mon tresdoutz coer, (My very sweet heart) please do that and perhaps I shall be able to continue to perform official functions on your behalf!”
― Michael G. Kramer, Isabella Warrior Queen

“Here's the thing about home: you can create it most anywhere, as long as you gather your people around you.”
― Shannon Hale, Midnight in Austenland

“I made a promise to myself that if I came out of my situation alive, I had to make something of myself.”
― Dave Pelzer, A Child Called "It"

“As I stood with her on the platform - she impatient, tapping her foot, leaning forward to look down the tracks - it seemed more than I could bear to see her go. Francis was around the corner, buying her a book to read on the train.
'I don't want you to leave,' I said.
'I don't want to, either.'
'Then don't.'
'I have to.'
We stood looking at each other. It was raining. She looked at me with her rain-colored eyes.
Camilla, I love you,' I said. 'Let's get married.”
― Donna Tartt, The Secret History