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“Aren't we all victims of fate?”
“We were discussing the fine puppetry of fate.”
“What did you do to her? There were a thousand things hed ”
“Well, to be fair, hes in a situation where intelligence does rather go out the window, Cross said. I have a theory that women actually siphon off our cleverness during the courting phase, and keep ...”
“What does loa mean?He narrowed his gaze, answered her literally. Its the name of an angel.Penelope tilted her head, thinking. Ive never heard of him.You wouldnt have.Was he a fallen angel?She was, ...”
“You think I would take a wild lily and trim it to appear an English rose? You shall meet the ton as a bright Italian star."Callie couldn't help but chuckle. "Capital. Shall we choose some fabrics?"...”
“But she had dreamed of being his for too long. He had quite ruined her for a marriage of convenience. She wanted everything from him: his mind, his body, his name and, most of all, his heart.”
“I love your laugh. I want to hear it every day. I want to be through all this darkness and devastation. I want happiness now. I want our due. I want what weve deserved from the beginning. He paused...”
“why couldn't someone , somewhere , want her for her ?”
“Why books?Her brows rose. I beg your pardon?Why are they your vice?She set her plate down and wiped her hand on her skirts before reaching for the top volume on a stack of small, leather bound book...”
“The best partnerships aren't dependent on a mere common goal but on a shared path of equality, desire, and no small amount of passion.”
“Teenagers are asking, 'Who am I?' and 'How do I fit in?' in every aspect of their lives, and the best YA romances appreciate that there is more to a teen's life than finding love.”
“There is perhaps no more rewarding romance heroine than she who is not expected to find love. The archetype comes in many disguises - the wallflower, the spinster, the governess, the single mom - b...”
“I believe she is Selene, goddess of the moon.""She looks so content.""You sound surprised.""Well," Callie said tentatively, "Selene is not the happiest of stories. After all, she is doomed to love ...”
“But there, in that remarkable room, surrounded by a laughing, rollicking, unseeing collection of London's brightest and wickedest, Pippa's knowledge of anatomy expanded.It seemed there was such a t...”
“Men are not nearly as evolved as women are, nor as intelligent, evidently”
“Let me be clear. Last I was aware you were neither my husband nor my father nor my King. Therefore, any control you may imagine you hold over me is just that- imaginary”
“I am happy to pay you," she announced. "For your services."A harsh, strangled sound cut through the room. It came from him. "Pay me."She nodded. "Would say, twenty-five pounds do?""No."Her brows kn...”
“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...”
“{Calpurnia)"My mother…she’s 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 m...”
