K.C. Bateman
There's a quote from A Tale of Two Cities by Dickens that always makes me sigh a little; "I wish you to know that you have been the last dream of my soul."
Because, really, who wouldn't want to be the last dream of someone's soul?
And, (if i'm forced to choose another!) there's an awesome moment in Georgette Heyer's These Old Shades where the Duke of Avon is asked by Leonie why he has helped her; was it purely for revenge?
“Is—is that why—why you made me your ward, and gave me so many, many things?” she asked in a small voice.
He rose, and went to the window, and stood looking out.
“Not entirely,” he said, and forgot to drawl.
I love that last line because it shows so perfectly how he's allowed her to get beneath his defenses, despite his resistance. The fact that he forgets to maintain his usual bored, cynical persona reveals his true feeling for her; he's emotionally naked and it's the precise moment he's bought to his knees by love. Fabulous!
Because, really, who wouldn't want to be the last dream of someone's soul?
And, (if i'm forced to choose another!) there's an awesome moment in Georgette Heyer's These Old Shades where the Duke of Avon is asked by Leonie why he has helped her; was it purely for revenge?
“Is—is that why—why you made me your ward, and gave me so many, many things?” she asked in a small voice.
He rose, and went to the window, and stood looking out.
“Not entirely,” he said, and forgot to drawl.
I love that last line because it shows so perfectly how he's allowed her to get beneath his defenses, despite his resistance. The fact that he forgets to maintain his usual bored, cynical persona reveals his true feeling for her; he's emotionally naked and it's the precise moment he's bought to his knees by love. Fabulous!
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