Happy Valentine's Day!

Some favorite quotes appropriate for the day from two of my favorite authors:

“Love” defined by Virginia Henley in DREAM LOVER:

“Love is a journey from the first blush of physical attraction

to a marriage of souls”

And a quote from Henley’s THE DRAGON AND THE JEWEL where William Marshall reflects on his young wife, Eleanor Plantagenet:

“He pulled up a stool and watched her for the sheer pleasure of it.

She gave him so much, he could never give enough back. So this was love

then—wanting to give only pleasure to the beloved; constantly searching

your mind for love tokens that would bring a smile to her lips or a sparkle

to her eyes. He deeply regretted it had come so late in life, but since his heart’s

desire was Eleanor who was so much younger than he, it could have been no

other way. He was grateful it had come at all.”

Lastly, the definition of “heartfire” from Zack in Penelope Williamson’s HEART OF THE WEST, who loved his brother’s wife and knew he couldn’t have her:

"A heartfire, Clementine my darlin', is when you want someone, when

you need her so damn bad, not only in your bed but in your life, that

you're willin' to burn--".