Quotessence
Home / Topics / Vale Quotes

Vale Quotes

Browse 31 quotes about Vale.

Vale Quotes

“Clearings opened on either side. Familiar smells drifted in the air: fennel, skirrets and alexanders, then wild garlic, radishes and broom. John looked about while his mother tramped ahead. Then a new scent rose from the wild harvest, strong in John's nostrils. He had smelt it the night the villagers had driven them up the slope. Now, as his mother pushed through a screen of undergrowth, he saw its origin. Ranks of fruit trees rose before him, their trunks shaggy with lichen, their branches decked with pink and white blossom. John and his mother walked forward into an orchard. Soon apple trees surrounded them, the sweet scent heavy in the air. Pears succeeded them, then cherries, then apples again. But surely the blossom was too late, John thought. Only the trees' arrangement was familiar for the trunks were planted in diamonds, five to a side. He knew it from the book. The heavy volume bumped against his mother's leg. He gave her a curious look but she seemed unsurprised by the orchards. As the scent of blossom faded, another teased his nostrils, remembered from the same night. Lilies and pitch. Looking ahead, John saw only a stand of chestnuts overwhelmed by ivy, the glossy leaves blurring the trunks and boughs into a screen.”

HerbsForestScentsMother And SonFruit TreesValeBlossomsOrchardsJohn Saturnall
Book:John Saturnall's Feast
Create image

“And how closely related to you is Cousin Beatrice?” Reynaud gave him a look. “Not that close. “Glad to hear it.” Vale dropped into a cushioned chair. “I hope she recovers fully so that you can then propose to her. Because I tell you now, matrimony truly is a blessed state, enjoyed by all men of good sense and halfway adequate bedroom skills.” “Thank you for that edifying thought,” Reynaud growled. Vale waved his glass. “Think nothing of it. I say, you haven’t forgotten how to treat a lady in the bedroom, have you?” “Oh, for God’s sake!” “You’ve been out of refined society for years and years now. I could give you some pointers, should you need them.”

Elizabeth HoytValeReynaudTo Desire A Devil
Book:To Desire a Devil
Create image

“Does nothing bother you?' he said. 'You seem totally unmoved that you almost died.' I didn't tell him that I was almost always dying. 'I don't have time to waste on useless things,' I said. 'It was strange to see you in such a state when I found you. And when I brought you back. So... weak.' A wrinkle formed over his forehead, hinting at confusion. And that confusion, in turn, confused me. 'Weak?' 'You've seemed... In the time we've known each other, you've seemed infallible.”

WeakInfallibleCrowns Of NyaxiaCarissa BroadbentLilithSurprisedValeSix Scorched RosesLord ValeUnmoved
Book:Six Scorched Roses
Create image

“After so long, you realise that knowing things doesn't especially matter very much. Knowledge with no context is meaningless. That's not the real treasure. 'Oh?' I tucked away my tools and stood. 'What is, then?' Vale stood, too. He was quite tall, and he looked down at me with a wolfish kind of delight. He smiled, revealing those deadly fangs. The moonlight from the window glinted in his amber eyes. I felt, all at once, like an idiot for thinking before that he didn't look monstrous. Because in this moment, with that smirk on his lips, I glimpsed the man of the legends. The monster of the whispers. 'Curiosity,' he said.”

KnowledgeCuriosityMeaninglessCrowns Of NyaxiaCarissa BroadbentLilithContextValeSix Scorched RosesLord Vale
Book:Six Scorched Roses
Create image

“I know what it feels like to be helpless,' I ground out. 'You don't. You don't know what it feels like to be surrounded by five men and know you can't stop them from hurting you. You don't know what it feels like to see the people you've grown up with wither and die. You-' You don't know what it feels like to watch yourself die.”

HelplessnessCrowns Of NyaxiaCarissa BroadbentMale PrivilegeLilithValeSix Scorched RosesLord ValeNot UnderstandingYou Dont Know
Book:Six Scorched Roses
Create image

“The lengths to which you’re prepared to go to please a housekeeper make me wonder about the servant situation in Scotland. Good help must be thin on the ground.” Vale widened his eyes and took a drink. “She’s more to me than a housekeeper,” Alistair growled. “Wonderful!” Vale slapped him on the back. “And about time, too. I was beginning to worry that all your important bits might’ve atrophied and fallen off from disuse.” He felt unaccustomed heat climb his throat. “Vale…”

HilariousValeMunroe
Book:To Beguile a Beast
Create image