“Go, my Odysseus,” she said, eyes gleaming. “As God is my witness, I shall come back to you, though Hell itself bars the door,” he said in a voice just for her ears. Jack Caldwell – The Three Colonels – Colonel Brandon is saying farewell to his wife, Marianne, as he leaves Delaford to join the Duke of Wellington at Waterloo: I was in the middle before I knew what I had begun.” – Jane Austen, Pride and PrejudiceĪnother favorite Austen quote (I’m allowed one more, aren’t I? Please?) is this, from Love and Friendship: “The very first moment I beheld him, my heart was irrevocably gone.” “I cannot fix on the hour, or the spot, or the look or the words, which laid the foundation. Katie Oliver – One of my favorite Jane Austen quotes is this one, from Pride and Prejudice: I am half agony, half hope.” ~ from Persuasion I put it in my own novel, SWAY, and I even have it on a t-shirt! Melanie Stanford – Mine is pretty obvious, but I think it’s one of the most romantic lines ever written. He had not anticipated a quote from Plato welling up inside him. Every heart sings a song, incomplete, until another heart whispers back.” “Sir?” a confused Elizabeth asked. Darcy – “You make it sound as if my wish is your command,” Darcy told Elizabeth. Share your own favorite lives with us in the comments! Happy Valentines Day to our dear readers! To celebrate this romantic day, we’re sharing our favorite romantic line with you.
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