Mary Balogh
Mary Balogh
Mary Baloghis a Welsh-Canadian historical romance novelist...
NationalityWelsh
ProfessionNovelist
Date of Birth24 March 1944
past quiet moments
Have you noticed," she asked him, "how we live much of our lives in the past and most of the rest of it in the future? Have you noticed how often the present moment slips by quiet unnoticed?
breathing alive
And she was terribly aware that she was alive. Not just living and breathing, but ...alive.
expression like-being-alone solitude
I am not sure what lonliness is," she said. "If it is not literally being solitary, is it the fear of solitude, of being alone with oneself? I feel no such fear. I like being alone." "What do you fear then?" he asked her. She glanced briefly at him and smiled, a fragile expression that spoke for itself even before she found words. "Never finding myself again....
believe fate giving
I do believe in fate, Anne-not the blind fate that gives one no freedom of choice, but a fate that sets down a pattern for each of our lives and gives us choices, numerous choices, by which to find that pattern and be happy.
journey next-week choices
Now I must live with the consequences of the choice I made. And I will not call it the wrong choice. That would be foolish and pointless. That choice led me to everything that has happened since, including this very moment, and the choices I make today or tomorrow or next week will lead me to the next and next present moments in my life. It is all a journey, Miss Jewell. I have come to understand that that is what life is all about-a journey and the courage and energy always to take the next step and the next without judgement about what was right and what was wrong.
running ever-after happily-ever-after
There is no happily-ever-after to run to. We have to work for happiness.
wish doe compromise
I wish," he said, "I had known at eighteen what I know now - that there are some things on which one does not compromise.
past facts forgotten
There is nothing worse, is there," she said, "than a past that has never been fully dealt with. One can convince oneself, that it is all safely in the past and forgotten about, but the very fact that we can tell ourselves that it is forgotten proves that it is not.
perfection perfect moments
Nothing is permanently perfect. But there are perfect moments and the will to choose what will bring about more perfect moments.
pain
The bad part is life continues. The good part is that the pain goes away.
decision moments turns
Every moment is a moment of decision, and every moment turns us inexorably in the direction of the rest of our lives.
sunset passion soul
A sunrise or sunset can be ablaze with brilliance and arouse all the passion, all the yearning, in the soul of the beholder.
people
I have people introducing themselves to me: 'I am your publicist; what can I do for you?' But I have never learned how to use a publicist.