E.M. Hull
E.M. Hull, born Edith Maud Henderson in 1880, was a British novelist best known for her controversial 1919 romance novel, "The Sheik." The book became a bestseller and helped define the desert romance genre, inspiring a successful film adaptation starring Rudolph Valentino. Hull's works often explored themes of passion and exoticism, capturing the imaginations of readers during the early 20th century.
Book summaries for books written by E.M. Hull
Quotes
Love is a wonderful thing. It is more precious than emeralds and dearer than fine opals. Pearls and pomegranates cannot buy it, nor is it set forth in the market-place. It may not be purchased of the merchants, nor can it be weighed out in the balance for gold.
I am thinking of you. I am thinking of you all the time. In the morning and in the twilight, in the watchfulness of the night and the joy of the day, when I see a sunset or a sleeping child, or a mother gently smiling into the eyes of her babe, I think of you.
You are mine! Mine, do you hear? I shall come to Algeria - I shall find you out. I shall claim you - as I claimed you before. I shall come to take you away with me - to the Sahara - to the desert. I love you, you little fool - love you as I love nothing else in the world - as I love no one else on earth!
There is no happiness in life, there is no misery, like that of being bound to someone we do not love.
You see, I love you, I love you, I love you! I cannot bear to think of life without you. I want you - you, heart and soul; I want you, always. I want you always beside me, to share everything, to be everything to me.
It is true that I am not a man of your race and creed. But I am a man of my own race and creed - a man of the desert. I am what I am - a man who, when he sees what he wants, takes it with both hands until it is his.
I have the power to make you happy or miserable - to make you raise your lips to mine or turn away from me in coldness. I have the power to make you feel the thrill of love or the sting of its whip. I have the power to make you mine, so that no other man shall ever possess you. Do you understand?
I am a man of the desert, and in the desert men are strong. I will not be defied by a woman - or by any woman. I will have my will, and my way, and no one shall oppose me and live.
The desert is a harsh and unforgiving place. It can strip a man of his soul, leaving him empty and alone. But it can also reveal the true strength and resilience within a person.
In the desert, there is no room for weakness. It is a place where only the strong survive.
The desert does not tolerate deception. It exposes the true nature of a person, stripping away the masks they wear in the civilized world.
The desert is a place of solitude, where one can find solace in the vastness of the sand and sky.