Michael Stirling Quotes

And I hope you will not think me foolish when I also extend my thanks. Thank you, Michael, for letting my son love her first. —from Janet Stirling, dowager Countess of Kilmartin, to Michael Stirling, Earl of Kilmartin

Did you wonder?” he whispered. “Did you leave me and wonder what I hadn’t told you?” He leaned in, just so she’d feel his lips move whisper-light against her ear. “Did you want to know what I did when I was wicked? Do you want me to tell you?” he murmured. He felt her jerk slightly in surprise, and he chuckled. “Not about them, Francesca. You. Only you.” -Michael Stirling

And she never knew that he laid awake the whole time, his lips at her temple, his hand against her hair. Whispering her name. Whispering other words as well.

Their fathers had been twins, but John‟s had entered the world seven minutes before Michael‟s. The most critical seven minutes in Michael Stirling‟s life, and he hadn‟t even been alive for them.

Francesca não precisava amá-lo. Mas tinha de se sentir livre. Livre para ser feliz. Porque se não estivesse feliz... Bem, ‘isso’ o mataria. Podia viver sem o seu amor, mas não sem a sua felicidade.

It was something in the way she moved. Something in the way she breathed. Something in the way she merely 'was' . And he didn’t think he was ever going to get over it.

Thank you, Michael, for letting my son love her first. —from Janet Stirling, dowager Countess of Kilmartin, to Michael Stirling, Earl of Kilmartin, June 1824.

and he stopped going to church entirely, because there seemed no point now in even contemplating prayer for his soul. Besides, the parish church near Kilmartin dated to 1432, and the crumbling stones certainly couldn‟t takea direct strike of lightning. And if God ever wanted to smite a sinner, he couldn‟t do better than Michael Stirling. Michael Stirling, Sinner. He could see it on a calling card. He‟d have had it printed up, even—his was just that sort of black sense of humor—if he weren‟t convinced it would kill his mother on the spot. Rake he might be, but there was no need to torture the woman who‟d borne him.

Stirling formed a de facto private army that would cross picket lines in the event of a Communist coup. Michael

Her hayatta bir dönüm noktası vardır.Bu öyle muazzam ,keskin ve belirgin bir andır ki insan kendini göğsünden vurulmuş gibi hisseder,nefesi kesilir ve bilir...Şüphenin en ufak gölgesi olmaksızın hayatının bir daha asla aynı olmayacağını kesinlikle bilir.

Ve bir erkek sana evlenme teklif ettiğinde,onu kendi meziyetlerine göre değerlendirmelisin,daha önceden belirlediğin rastgele standartlara göre değil.

Porque te quiero, maldita sea. Porque siempre te he amado. Porque te amaba cuando estabas con John, te amaba cuando yo estaba en la India, y aunque Dios sabe que no te merezco, te amo de todos modos”. - Michael Stirling.

And I hope you will not think me foolish when I also extend my thanks. Thank you, Michael, for letting my son love her first. —from Janet Stirling, dowager Countess of Kilmartin, to Michael Stirling, Earl of Kilmartin