Historical Novel

"I'd sell my soul to have you. In my whole life, you'll always be what I wanted most."~ Hardy Cates"

🇬🇧Susan Kay

Literature

b. 1952

"Hell is not a place, it's a state of mind and body; hell is obsession with a voice, a face, a name."

"What is a friend if not someone you feel close to, someone you like being with, someone you can confide in and share pleasure with.-Jeremy Malory-"

🇬🇧Bernard Cornwell

Literature

b. 1944

"The Forlorn Hope was for the brave. It may have been a courage born of desperation, or foolhardiness, but it was courage just the same."

🇺🇸Herman Wouk

Literature

1915–2019

"This is an excellent martini—sort of tastes like it isn’t there at all, just a cold cloud."

"But mere technical details can be worked out any time. All a hero needs is grit."

"Birthdays could be such a bummer when you were older than the country you lived in."

"The past can teach us, nurture us, but it cannot sustain us. The essence of life is change, and we must move ever forward or the soul will wither and die."