Why Kings Confess Quotes

“She touched her hand to his cheek, and he turned toward her, his arms coming around her to draw her close, his cheek pressed to the side of her hair. She felt his chest lift against hers as he drew in a ragged breath and held her tight. And then he said the words she'd long thought she'd never hear.
"God, how I love you, Hero. So much. So much...”
― C.S. Harris, Why Kings Confess

“those for whom war is lucrative are rarely satiated.”
― C.S. Harris, Why Kings Confess

“In my experience, those for whom war is lucrative are rarely satisfied. For them, war is opportunity, not hardship or sorrow. After all, it is rarely their sons who lie in unmarked graves on foreign soil.”
― C.S. Harris, Why Kings Confess

“Far too many people will believe anything of those they hate, no matter how absurd or patently fabricated it may be.”
― C.S. Harris, Why Kings Confess

“You have just broken one of the cardinal rules. One does not contradict a member of the French royal family, no matter how ridiculous or patently false their utterances may be.”
― C.S. Harris, Why Kings Confess

“He made an honest woman of me. It’s a curious expression, don’t you agree? An ‘honest woman’ is a very different creature from an ‘honest man’ and has nothing to do with the truth or lack thereof. Just as a woman’s honor is a very different thing from a man’s. It’s as if when it comes to women, all possible virtues—honesty, honor, even virtue itself—are reduced simply to whom we allow between our legs.”
― C.S. Harris, Why Kings Confess

“had disliked her intensely the first time he met her. Now he wondered how he could ever live without her.”
― C.S. Harris, Why Kings Confess

“Napoléon Bonaparte was an upstart Corsican soldier of fortune whose ambition-fueled ascension to the throne of France threatened to undermine every foundation of civilization and the social order.”
― C.S. Harris, Why Kings Confess

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― C.S. Harris, Why Kings Confess