Kristi Ann Hunter Quotes

I would hate to see the state of my house if I had displeased Amelia under my roof. The servents would revolt. No doubt I'd have gruel for dinner, holes in my shirts, and the most foul-smelling tallow candles they could find.

He would likely either leave engaged or unconscious, depending on how things went with Lady Miranda and her brothers. Women weren't usually forgiving when they learned they'd been fooled, and men were rarely restrained when a sister felt her honor had been slighted.

He bowed over her hand and kissed the knuckles. He'd never despised a glove more in his life.

Something was disturbing the normally unflappable duke, and being the good friend that he was, Colin couldn't wait to hold it over the other man's head.

Grace doesn't work like that, Kit. I know my life's been pretty easy, and my list of sins wouldn't make anyone blush, but I'm not perfect and I've read the Bible enough to know that grace doesn't come because of anything you can do. Jesus didn't die and rise again so you could crucify yourself with guilt.

Please don't shoot me, Jeffreys. I'm quite fond of this coat. ~Colin

If he didn't know better, he would be convinced that there were actually two women of like name and appearance, switching places at will for the express purpose of driving him mad.

A lady never posted letters to an unrelated male. But the very writing of his name made her feel dangerous.

It was time to start over. That was what Haven Manor was about, wasn't it? A fresh start? A life where your mistakes didn't define you? It was time she took that for herself.

Amazing how such a little bit of light made the pathway so much easier to navigate.

Yes, this was a family, here in this room, but every last one of them was aware that it was a family they'd had to create, a family of necessity. It wasn't the same as a family with parents and siblings and a future that extended beyond preparing them to work for a living.

If you'll excuse me, I have an alternate personality to resume.

The safest of disguises were the consistent ones.

Lady Miranda gracefully kicked Lady Georgina in the shin. Amelia's eyes widened. How long would it take to learn how to do such an uncouth thing with ladylike grace?

A Good man sees what he's been given and does the best he can to earn it.

Perhaps that's what he needed in this situation. A new perspective, particularly on from God. Yes, some time alone with God was exactly what this situation needed.

Then focus on thruth, not logic. Stop trying to figure out why and look for what is.

A Lady never sits on the floor.' A lady probably wasn't supposed to crawl on her belly through the dirt either.

Letter from Griffith-- "I know it is difficult, but do work harder to control yourself. Mother was beside herself with worry when she found you rolling on the floor laughing over a book you were reading."
The memory brought a curve to Miranda's lips. It had been a very funny book.

Marshington is here.

Griffith - What do you know, Mr. McCrae?
Colin - More than I should but not enough to say more than I have, Your Grace.

Her impending spinsterhood must be bothering her more than she realized if a servant was catching her attention in such a way. Of course, he was a very nicely put together servant.

And maybe that was what God wanted her to remember. That there was good and bad in this world, and she could choose which she focused on, which she wanted to be a part of. She could push back the shadows without living in them herself.

this is all you have, I pity you. Your ploys may have hurt the man I love, but that is not all that I have. Even if you succeed in placing these ballrooms beyond my reach, you will never ruin

More out of alarm than inspiration, she flung the cloth she'd been using on the bookcases toward his head. The marquis snatched the fabric as it connected with his nose. A puff of dust settled in his hair as one corner of the cloth slapped against his forehead. The stunned look on his face was the last thing Amelia saw before she shoved Jane down the corridor.

As her mother frequently told her, a lady never makes her family suffer because she is in a bad mood.

It is never a happy day when an eight-year-old girl's cheesecake lands in the dirt, and she certainly doesn't take kindly to the laughing little boy who put it there.