Top 100 Karen Hawkins Quotes
#1. Men are, if nothing else, predictable. Fortunately for us all, women are not.
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#2. She was part wide-eyed wood nymph, part awkward society miss, and - he was beginning to realize - part testy library elf.
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#3. I've often thought it unfair that women are expected to stay at home when there's a fight to be won. If a
woman has the strength to bear a child, she can swing a sword as well as any man.
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#4. There are times when simplicity makes a decision for you.
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#5. Most people managed to evade home truths with astonishing ease.
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#6. Beth grimaced. "He is a pompous ass." "And in dire need of a wealthy wife. Perhaps you should find a twitch to go with your stutter." "I would fall upon the floor in a fit if I thought it might do some good. The man is a menace.
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#7. Jack looked at the paper. Devonsgate had listed all twelve footmen: John, Mark, Luke,
Thomas ... Bloody hell, his butler had hired the entire New Testament.
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#8. If you ever find yourself presented with a fork in the road of life and you do not know the correct direction, close your eyes and listen to your heart. I have found more adventure, more love, more happiness, and more life by listening to who I am, rather than attempting to tell myself.
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#9. Somewhere around chapter seven she had started wondering if Lucinda, the annoyingly incompetent heroine of The Black Duke, truly deserved to live. The chit was forever whining about her life, while refusing to do anything about it.
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#10. It is surprising how many times a good feeling can be confused with a bad one. Often one is unsure which feeling it really is until much later.
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#11. I don't need a hero. I was blessed with a large amount of common sense, which is of infinitely more use than a man.
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#12. No woman worth her salt would listen to a proposal without the word 'love' in it.
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#13. But what if we find we don't suit?"
"Then ye'll do as the rest o' us and work at suiting.
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#14. Because I am your favourite grandson, and you love me more than all of my brothers."
"Nyet. You are the most frustrating of my grandsons. Find a good woman, marry her, have children - then you will be my favourite."
"Perhaps I shall settle for second favourite. What would that take?
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#15. Old Woman Nora of Loch Lomond
To her three wee Grandaughters one cold night.
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#17. It makes me wonder which tendencies are decided by birth, and which by desire.
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#18. I dinna think tis romantic when a man says he's willin' t' give his life fer the woman he loves. Give me instead a man who'd fight to keep us both alive and kickin'! There's naught rommantic about a dead man, beau or no.
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#19. Instantly, Lucinda fell to the floor in a swoon-" Bronwyn groaned. "Not again!
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#20. You can get lost, pretending to be someone you're not.
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#21. When you get to Lady Kincaid's house, don't leave until you've had a chance to talk to the man, even if you have to drag him by the ear. It may take a bit of persistence."
Sophie grinned, feeling better already. "That I have in abundance.
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#22. It does not pay to be
possessive of a man determined to remain free.
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#23. I'm surprised that, with all of his supposed experience with the gentler sex, he doesn't realize that women do not like to be carried in a way that musses their hair and leaves them with unattractively red faces.
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#24. Pray don't hold back," Robert said politely. "You can tell me what you really think of my valet." Stewart broke in to a reluctant grin."Sorry fer bein' so forward, sir, but that valet o' yers is nothin' but a Frenchified piece o' lace.
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#25. Sometimes you have to grab life by the horns and ride it,even if it tries to throw you.
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#26. No, my lord. I merely thought it unwise for you to visit the Duke of Massingale and request his granddaughter's hand in marriage while intoxicated." Reeves replaced the stopper on the decanter and carried it back to the sideboard. "His Lordship would not appreciate such a display.
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#27. I dislike being held to a set of rules for no reason other than to create the impression of order, whether it exists or not.
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#28. If there's one thing you taught me, it's to never trust an answer that's actually another question.
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#29. Knowledge and action combined can win over any adversity known to man.
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#30. Good God! What in the hell was that noise?" The man in front of them turned in his seat. "That's what I've been asking myself this half hour and then some
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#31. Buchan had discovered a wealth of small tidbits. He now knew her first name - Tatiana. Like Shakespeare's fairy queen. Be she but little, she is fierce.
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#32. One of the benefits of travelling is that you learn what you truly value when you are home. And little things that you might take for granted are sweeter, softer, larger, and infinitely better for the experience of not having them.
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#33. Margaret," she told me time and again, "you may be anything you wish, so long as you're never boring.
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#34. So he's harmless, then."
"I wouldn't say that, exactly."
"No?"
"I would n't slip up behind him with a knife, for he might retaliate."
Michael shrugged. "But that's to be expected. He kills only when necessary."
Mary covered her face with her hands and moaned.
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#35. Family is the only anchor that will hold in a choppy sea.
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#36. But sometimes one must travel the rough road to reach one's ultimate destination.
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#37. We are all wont to make mistakes, but if we learn from each trick, each error, and refuse to allow it to happen again, then the experience is not a loss, but a lifelong gain. Our pride may sting for the moment, but our future will be the better for it.
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#38. There is nothing shameful in wanting, Venetia. There's only shame in not getting.
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#40. Good God, what happened to ye?" Shelton dropped the bucket of water he was carrying, unmindful that it spilled across the barn floor.
"I fell." Dougal picked up a brush and began to groom Poseidon.
Shelton gave a silent whistle. "Fell into what? A hammer?"
"Something like that.
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#41. Some crave the safety of boredom while others crave the bravery of adventure.
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#42. There comes a time in every endeavor when one must take fate by the lapels and explain the need for urgency.
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#43. What is this bluestocking?"
"A woman who fancies herself a member of the intelligentsia." He lowered his voice. "It's against the laws of nature."
Alexsey lifted his brows. "Why are you whispering? Afraid of bluestockings, are you?"
"All smart men are.
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#44. I dinna normally answer the door."
"Ah," Strath said, offering a charming smile as he whipped off his hat. "You are doing a fine job thus far. Well done, Mrs. Pitcairn."
She eyed Strath the way a cat might eye a snake. "It dinna take much in the way o'talent.
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#45. Pray stop your infernal whispering. You sound like a pack of nuns planning a murder.
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#46. But that's what happens when you allow a nice person to write a news paper serial for you; now the world thinks you're nice, too, which is silly in the extreme. Sadly, it's a burden that you must bear.
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#47. I've never found it helpful to treat fate with a gentle hand. Everytime I've stroked, hopin' fer a favor, she's slapped me hand and laughed at me. If ye want something, take fate by the throat and shake it out o' her.
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#48. Gregor, have you ever been in love?"
"No, I've never been that foolish.
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#49. How can you become the leader of Romany if you're a prince of Oxenburg?"
"I have three brother. And as Tata Natasha is fond of telling us, there is not room on the throne for four asses.
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#50. You have no shame for ruining my shoes, nyet? If it weren't so difficult to replace shoes here in the middle of nowhere, I would let you stomp on the tops of all of them, but such is not the case. If they are ruined, I must go without."
"A barefoot prince? That sounds like a bad Italian opera.
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#51. Stop that! What were you doing, perched on the window ledge like a big chicken?"
Despite his aches and irritations, he couldn't help but grin. "I prefer to think of myself as a more noble bird, like a hawk."
"I'm sure you do. But you flew like a chicken than any hawk I've seen.
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#52. I vow, is there no man who can talk about physical pleasures without exaggerating?
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#53. Bloody hell, were you this annoying with my father?" "I fear I was more so, my lord. I was younger then and could go on and on and on - " "Good. The old bastard deserved a difficult time." "So many people believe.
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#54. It is not enough to simply remove temptation. We must beat it away, burn it, suppress it, combat it with as much ruthless intent as we can muster.
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#55. If sarcasm were gold, she would have just made her fortune.
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#56. Some women
the good ones
are like a breath of fresh air, amusing and different and invigorating. The trouble is that it is damnably difficult to capture air and hold it for any length of time.
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#57. Women provide the only true link to civilization. Men simply are not ruthless enough to survive on their own.
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#58. ...then tossed the coat into the water. "Hurst! That's a perfectly good coat!"
"Yes, and I have a perfectly good life. One of those two things is not replaceable.
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#59. Seducing innocent virgins is such a tiring venture." Christian lifted a brow. "Are we back to that?
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#60. Once ye made up yer mind to do somethin', 'tis better t'stumble o'er the small hillock of jump-ahead than t'bash yer head on the jagged rocks of did-nothing.
Old Woman Nora of Loch Lomand to her three wee granddaughtersone cold evening
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#61. Aye,Ware is your grandfather, though a more worthless arse I couldn't name.
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#62. No soft-skinned, lace-covered, dandified profligate would ever take this house and make it his.
Ever.
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#63. For a real knight, rescuing maidens would be an everyday event."
...
"Perhaps a true knight saves himself for the right maiden
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#64. Such power, and carried with such careless grace. How
that must burden him.
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#65. I was not giving you a heated look." "What do you call it then?" "I was merely appreciating your, ah ... finer points." "Yes, well, I could do the same for you except - " "Except what?" "They are all under the desk.
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#66. There was little that common sense and hard work couldn't accomplish.
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#67. In fact, you could almost hold that no man is perfect until he meets the right woman.
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#68. You and I are from two different worlds."
"Nonsense. We have much in common. We both like books, dogs, poems, Sir Walter Scott, dogs - I could go on."
"You listed dogs twice."
"It does not matter; I still made my point."
"No, you haven't.
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#69. Oh, he rarely gets angry. But he is perpetually irritated.
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#70. Me mam, bless her soul, tol' me tha' was the worst thing ye could be to a man - convenient.
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#71. Never underestimate the power of a bossy woman.
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#72. He laughed, and it dawned on him that this was what he was going to miss the most - all the possibility that was Beth and he. The future moments like this, of laughing and loving. Of sharing and touching.
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#73. No matter what station you hold in life, there will always be things that will surprise you. Whether you choose to be outraged or delighted is up to you.
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#74. When the sun shines o'er the loch and sparkles on the water like diamond drops, ye know one thing:
somewhere there's a MacLean who is smilin'.
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#75. Love doesna always mean burning flashes o' passion. Sometimes, it's jus' the warmth o' yer hearts as they beat yer day together." ~Old Woman Nora to her three wee granddaughters on a cold winter's night.
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#76. You learn a lot about a person by the way he plays cards.
Then it was a good thing no one had seen her play.
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#77. One should never ask a man questions about his personal life. He just might answer and then you, my dear, would have to listen.
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#78. With a hoarse moan, he swept her against him, kissing her wildly, passionately, his mouth promising and teasing, as if her kiss had broken the dam that had held back his passion.
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#79. Gregor lifted the knife and slammed it down. The tops of the carrot rolled across the table, some hitting the floor. "What are you doing?" "I'm chopping carrots." "Gregor, they are carrots! not tree branches." "I fail to see the difference.
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#80. Stop looking as if you'd like to toss me from the window. Give me a hug, and go on to your dinner guest.
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#81. Mother always said he was like a lake, calm on the surface though a powerful current rumbled beneath. Tristan, meanwhile, was the ocean - his feelings frothed and foamed on the surface, crashing like waves into every situation.
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#82. Luck is a fickle creature. She loves
many, but is faithful to none.
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#83. Nonsense," Ophelia said stoutly. "They're happy sheep. You can tell."
"How?" Sophia demanded.
Ophelia regarded the ewes for a moment, then suddenly broke into a huge grin. "Maybe you can tell they
're happy sheep because they don't feel baaaaad.
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#84. You'd be surprised at the things you can discover by barging into someone's bedchamber unannounced.
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#86. So all we know about Hugh MacLean is that his financial situation is unclear, he has an unknown number of illegitimate children, and the family curse is true. I've caught quiet a prize!
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#87. Men never understand that all a woman truly wants is a man who will listen.Understand.Pay her bills.And,of course,love her madly even when her hips wide due to an unfortunate addiction to bon bons.
- Lady Jersey to Mrs.Cowper,as the two watched dancers waltz at Almack's.
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#88. Men think they like to be challenged. The truth is, they only like to be challenged if they win.
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#89. But love? True love? As wretched as loneliness could be, it was nothing compared to the pain of betrayal. He'd seen with his own eyes what "love" did to a person - how it built hopes that were rarely, if ever, realized. Falling in love meant being weak, vulnerable to the whims of another.
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#90. I've noticed that women often have a desire to change men, even the ones they love."
"I've noticed that, too." Dougal frowned. "Which is odd, when you think about it. Because if you didn't
like the way a man is, why would you attach yourself to him to begin with?
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#91. Ah, lassies, be sure ye make good decisions, firm and fast. Those who don't know what they want get what they deserve.
OLD WOMAN NORA OF LOCH LOMOND
TO HER THREE WEE GRANDDAUGHTERS ONE COLD NIGHT
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#92. I suppose you heard him yelling as the doctor set his leg."
"I never knew there were so many rude words in the English language. Or French, German, Italian, Latin,or ... there was another language I didn't quite recognize."
"Greek.
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#93. This is the woman I'm t' marry! Where have ye been all me life, me love?"
And without a blink, I replied, "Don't start with me, ye scoundrel! If ye come with an empty purse, ye can leave now, fer I'd rather be unwed than unfed.
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#94. Fighting lets ye both say wha' needs to be said. Just be sure you fight clean, and dinna bring up old hurts or blame one another.
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#95. ...it's sad day when you forget your purpose in life.
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#96. Beth sighed. "I want a relationship, but then again ... I don't." To her surprise, Grandfather cackled. "That's quite normal, my girl. Quite normal indeed. There are no guarantees in this life. You have to take what you can get and enjoy it while you have it.
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#97. The world has no boundaries for someone who savors success and is willing to work for it.
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#98. Sometimes the little things are the big things.
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#99. The other animals." When she didn't reply, he sighed, frustration on his face. "They have - what you say - hop, hop. And they have the-" He put his hand behind his head and made a 'V' then wiggled his fingers.
"Ah! You mean hares.
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#100. Women prefer to draw blood using words. It can cause just as much havoc, but it doesn't stain the carpet.
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