Quotes About Emotion

You take my heart with you, my loving captor. Nay, Madelyne. I am your captive in body and soul.

I love you. We're getting married, and that's the way it is. Get used to it.

Take pride away from a man and you might as well run a knife through his heart.

But she would never forget Brodick... or the spontaneous kiss he'd given her that had meant nothing to him and everything to her.

Remorse has no place in a warrior's mind... A war is like a game of chess, Nicholaa. Every battle is like a well-thought-out move on the board. Once it begins, there shouldn't be any emotion involved whatsoever.

courting is for those who have not declared their love for one another- should not be considered a task.

You've given me value, Dun­can. In my heart I know I mat­ter to you.

He was so damned happy to see her, he frowned. She smiled back.

muttered. "Your husband

She was a joy to watch, a nightmare to protect

I'm going to kiss you senseless enough not to notice my attire. -Duncan to Madelyne

You're the most confusing woman," he whispered on a sigh. "God help me, I do love you, though.

Ah, the foolishness of men who embraced the notion that loving would weaken them.

The names of the list mean something. Every one. They mean something to me. Everyone means something to someone.

He grieved too, Klara said, for the loss of a certain idea of himself.

It seemed a miracle that any man who loved a woman might be loved by her in return.

A memory from before: his sister arriving home from school with her new jump rope trailing behind her on the sidewalk. They let me turn the handle, she said, but they wouldn't let me jump. She had cut the rope up into tiny pieces and tossed them into the ivy and sworn she would never jump rope again.

You keep it," he said.

It's sad, but a relief as well, to know that two things so closely bound together can separate with so little violence, leaving smooth surfaces instead of bloody shreds.

You love me? Who loves you?

He was sitting not far away, watching me, and I surprised a smile on his face, the first real smile I had ever seen him give, a smile that curved and softened the tight mouth, and warmed the ice-cool eyes; a smile that brought the blood to my face and made my heart turn over.

If a man truly loves, he gives no heed to what others may think. His heart has no room for that, for it is filled to the brim with the unutterable truth of his feelings.

You thought you'd never give up your vocation, a voice whispered inside me. You thought you'd never even consider it. But you've met the one man who could change your mind. He is your perfect complement. He is Cathal to your Clodagh; he is Bran to your Liadan. No wonder you conjured up those images. No wonder they make you weep.

I felt Red's arm close around me like a shield against the rest of the world. His mouth was against my hair, and his heart thumped violently under my cheek. I shut my eyes, and held onto his shirt with both hands, and wept.