The Escape Quotes

“One does tend to assume that life must be far easier for others than it ever is for oneself,” he said. “I suspect it rarely is. I daresay life was not meant to be easy.”
― Mary Balogh, The Escape

“One should love from a position of wholeness. One should have a firm and rich sense of self no matter what. For there is always pain—it cannot be avoided in this life, more’s the pity. But pain should not destroy the person who feels it.”
― Mary Balogh, The Escape

“Do you believe that sometimes life points out a way for us to follow even if it does not force us into taking that particular path?”
― Mary Balogh, The Escape

“Now was the time for now. Now was one of those rare and precious moments with which one was gifted from time to time. That was all it was. A moment. But it was one to be enjoyed to the full while it lasted and treasured for a lifetime after it was over.”
― Mary Balogh, The Escape

“Pain is not insignificant. Neither is bewilderment or fear. Or conditions like poverty or homelessness. But somewhere—somewhere—there is peace. It is not even far off. It is somewhere deep inside us, in fact, ever present, just waiting for us to look inward to find it.” She”
― Mary Balogh, The Escape

“Ah, these double meanings,” she said. “Who invented the English language, I wonder? He did not do a stellar job of it, whoever he was.”
― Mary Balogh, The Escape

“And then, when I was at my lowest ebb, you came. And you somehow coaxed me into talking to you as though you were a trusted confidant. And then you flirted with me. For a few moments you bore me off with you to the sunshine above the clouds in a hot air balloon, wrapped together in warm furs and bound for a place far, far away. And then you kissed me.”
― Mary Balogh, The Escape

“Where would we go?' she asked.
'Far, far away.' His eyes dipped to her lips when she moistened them with her tongue.
'Ah.' Her voice was a breathless whisper. 'The very best place to go.”
― Mary Balogh, The Escape

“find”
― Mary Balogh, The Escape

“for”
― Mary Balogh, The Escape

“at”
― Mary Balogh, The Escape

“Your dog has not lost any time in catching up on his beauty sleep.” “Just do not utter any word that begins with w,” she said, “especially with the letters a-l-k attached. You would soon discover how deeply asleep he is.”
― Mary Balogh, The Escape

“It is a dreary world out there. It makes one thankful after all to be indoors with a fire burning in the hearth.”
― Mary Balogh, The Escape

“of”
― Mary Balogh, The Escape