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Wife to Christopher QUOTES

Wife to Christopher QUOTES

1 " His inmost feelings remained a mystery still. Perhaps to himself, she thought, as much as to her. For could even he explain how it was that while he had terrified her at first with his arrogant anger, yet in the end it was his tenderness and gentleness which had soothed her? And she had lain quiet in his arms, tranquil and glad to be there, even though the after-sobs of the storm that had passed still shook her. "

― Mary Burchell , Wife to Christopher

2 " Even now she could scarcely bear to remember the aching tenderness of those moments when she had realised that if she was afraid of Christopher—she also loved him; that if he came with something of the terror of an avenger, he came with the glory of a lover too. "

― Mary Burchell , Wife to Christopher

3 " Vicki knew then that if she had died that night his kiss would have followed her on and on into the spaces of eternity or wherever her soul might wander. "

― Mary Burchell , Wife to Christopher

4 " ...his hand on hit sword because he knew he lay in enemy country. "

― Mary Burchell , Wife to Christopher

5 " Even though I know Christopher can be hard and even cruel, it doesn’t matter. I can only remember the things that made him like that. I think I should always go on loving him whatever I found out about him. I think I shall love him even when I’m dead. Do you think that is silly?"

"No. It’s the only sort of love that’s worth having. "

― Mary Burchell , Wife to Christopher