Jaime Paneque

“Part of the hem floated loose. She spun around again—the fabric tightened like wool on a spindle. She breathed in fear. The boat was farther away. She swung her head around—so was the shore.”
― Yvonne Korshak, Pericles and Aspasia: A Story of Ancient Greece

“Buttercup?” Trace looked concerned. “You’ve named the cows?”
“Not all of them … yet. I’ll give them each a name when the perfect name pops up.”
He scratched his head. “You do know the fate of most beef cattle, right?” ”
― Cricket Rohman, Colorado Takedown

“For a moment I had felt elation as on the instant of waking before one remembers.”
― Graham Greene, The Quiet American

“I will find you," he whispered in my ear. "I promise. If I must endure two hundred years of purgatory, two hundred years without you - then that is my punishment, which I have earned for my crimes. For I have lied, and killed, and stolen; betrayed and broken trust. But there is the one thing that shall lie in the balance. When I shall stand before God, I shall have one thing to say, to weigh against the rest."

His voice dropped, nearly to a whisper, and his arms tightened around me.

Lord, ye gave me a rare woman, and God! I loved her well.”
― Diana Gabaldon, Dragonfly in Amber