51 quotes found
“Hope was a fools emotion.”
“Hope was a fool’s emotion.”
“Sometimes love is not enough.”
“Aren't we all victims of fate?”
“We were discussing the fine puppetry of fate.”
“why couldn't someone , somewhere , want her for her ?”
“..he wanted her.And at another time, as another man, he would have her. Without hesitation. As lover. . . as more.”
“You realize that is you allow me to court you, all your opposition to marriage is going to have to be reconsidered."She smiled, feigning innocence."What opposition to marriage?""Excellent.""But I'm...”
“Ralston looked down his long, elegant nose at the vile creature at his feet, and said, You just impugned the honor of my future marchioness. Choose your seconds. I will see you at dawn.Leaving Oxfo...”
“She had wanted more than she could have.She had wanted him, and more... she had wanted him to want her.In the name of something bigger than tradition, bolder than reputation, more important than a ...”
“I've loved him for a decade. And I had him for one day before I made a complete and utter mess of things. Or he did. I'm still not sure about that.”
“{Calpurnia)"My mothershes desperate for a daughter she can dress like a porcelain doll. Sadly, I shall never be such a child. How I long for my sister to come out and distract the countess from my ...”
“Yes, she was a scandal.Her brother simply didnt know it.I fell in the Serpentine today.Yes, well, that doesnt usually happen to women in London. But its not so much of a scandal as it is a challenge.”
“We are a motley bunch. But we more than make up for it with tenacity." ~ Ralston to Simon”
“I think theres a ton of fear in the perception of romance in part because theres something very realistic in great romance namely, that women have the right to demand relationships that are based ...”
“Temptation turns you. It makes you into something you never dreamed, it presses you to give up everything you ever loved, it calls you to sell your soul for one, fleeting moment.[..] It makes you a...”
“She told herself that she was happy to meet her executioner.”
“It should all feel splendid. You tell me if it doesn't, and I shall rectify the situation.”
“No matter how troubled a character's history, romance novels tell us, love can be built upon it, and happily-ever-after can result. What's more, the darker the past, the brighter the future - and t...”
“My whole life, you have made decisions for me.""Your whole life," Georgiana pointed out, "totals nine years.”
“You want me.Want does not begin to describe the way I feel about you, his low voice promised. Want is nothing compared with the level of desire I have. With the desperation I feel. With the way I l...”
“That brow arched once more. "Does it? You think people will believe it when the truth is that I ruined you on an abandoned estate before your father stormed the house with a rifle?"She hesitated. "...”
“But stay away from him, Juliana. When we said we wanted to make you a good match, Leighton was not who we imag”
“They had lied, those who had extolled the virtues of loveits pleasures, its sublimitythose who had told her that it was beautiful and worthwhile.There was nothing beautiful abo”
