Kalliope Ormond

“All my days were written in Your book and planned before a single one of them began.

Psalm 139:16”
― S. L. Rubart

“I looked up to see Milo watching me. I raised my brows and affected what I hoped was an innocent expression.

"You are brewing trouble in that brain of yours," he said. "I recognize that look on your face."

"No such thing," I protested. "You haven't the faintest idea what I was thinking. I might have been considering ordering a new gown from Paris."

He shook his head. "I am also familiar with your ordering gowns from Paris face, and that is most definitely not it.”
― Ashley Weaver, A Most Novel Revenge

“No one could have called Mr. Standen quick-witted, but the possession of three sisters had considerably sharpened his instinct of self-preservation.”
― Georgette Heyer, Cotillion

“I said: "He cannot be so bad if he loves roses so much."
"But he is a Beast," said Father helplessly.
I saw that he was weakening, and wishing only to comfort him I said, "Cannot a Beast be tamed?”
― Robin McKinley, Beauty: A Retelling of the Story of Beauty and the Beast