Candle in the Window Quotes

“I would. I could stand on my feet without you.” “And the tide would still go out without my pushing it. The spring will still melt the snow without my warm breath nagging it. You’re a person, all on your own, with hopes and thoughts and dreams completely separate from mine. Do you think I want a woman who needs to lean on me to be complete? I don’t, dearling, I want only you, as whole and self-sufficient and tender as you are. I want to know that if I die tomorrow, you can support my father’s grief and raise my son to manhood.”
― Christina Dodd, Candle in the Window

“Tis knowing God created Eve from Adam’s rib, the spot that protected his heart. ’Tis knowing without that rib to protect him, a man is vulnerable. ’Tis knowing you’re created to be at my side, not under my feet. ’Tis knowing we’re one body, one mind.”
― Christina Dodd, Candle in the Window

“I’ve been a foul-mouthed knave.” “Well, I don’t know.” “A beetle-headed malfeasor.” “Nothing so—” “A base, proud tottyhead.” He paused, but she said nothing. “Aren’t you going to object?” “No,” she drawled the word. “Humility is so refreshing in a man.”
― Christina Dodd, Candle in the Window

“Saura nodded, bemused by the code of ethics that allowed for murder and kidnapping but balked at a lady touching a lord outside of the state of wedlock.”
― Christina Dodd, Candle in the Window

“He could plan an attack, prolong a siege; those abilities could be trained to deal with the female mind. She considered him her passionate lover. She consented to marry him as the protector of her lands. Yet there had to be a stratagem that directed Saura’s thoughts away from the practicalities of body and property and toward this melding of minds that William labeled love.”
― Christina Dodd, Candle in the Window

“What a delight you are! Blessed with the ripe sweetness of a woman, yet as green and untutored as any girl.” He made her sound, she realized with bemusement, as charming and pleasing with her cowardice as any courtesan with her wiles.”
― Christina Dodd, Candle in the Window

“The greatest knight in all of England, fallen from glory by a single blow. What a shame.” “A greater shame to dwell on it,” Charles suggested. “So shut your mouth, Arthur.”
― Christina Dodd, Candle in the Window

“Please come. I know my William is there somewhere, buried beneath the mountain of anger and disgust. My son is still there, but only lost. Please help me find him.”
― Christina Dodd, Candle in the Window

“But she is a woman, and a haughty woman at that.” “That’s a bitter dose for haughty men to swallow,” Saura answered with humor. “You show a formidable insight.” His humor acknowledged hers.”
― Christina Dodd, Candle in the Window