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She was yours, if you'd truly wanted her," Harry continued, a pitiless smile touching his lips. "But I wanted her more.

The purpose of society is to prevent natural behavior.

Perhaps only those who had loved and lost could appreciate this magic.

It must be that evil had its own attractions, just as goodness did. Vance

Anyone who had ever read a novel knew that governesses were supposed to be meek and downtrodden.

A rush of love and agonized worry filled her at the sight of her brother. He was filthy, battered, and grinning unrepentantly.

She was a beautiful woman, if not a happy one, and attracting a man was never a problem. Keeping one, however, was a different matter.

It depends on whether the monkey is more intelligent than we are."
"I'm rather afraid of the answer," Harry replied dryly.
- Beatrix & Harry

Whether he stayed or left, whether they walked the same path or not. They could live on opposite sides of the world, and she would still be his.

One can be alone without being lonely. And lonely without being alone. (Rosemary)

Because one day of something wonderful is better than a forever of nothing special.

What am I going to say to the lady's maid when she sees this?"
He considered that for a moment. "Alas?" he suggested.

In my opinion some things about you would not change no matter what has happened to your memory.

Theirs had been a complex relationship, two people who had been bound by disappointments and resentments the way others were bound by love. Helen

I've always enjoyed a comfortable life without having to perform a single day of honest labor. Now I have responsibilities.

First of all, there is no need to patronize me by implying that I'm Helen of Troy when it's clear that I'm no beauty.

I've never known anyone more ill equipped for happiness. He wouldn't know what to do with it.

Thunderstorms and rainbows wrapped together in a convenient pocket-sized parcel.

It's impossible," he snapped.
"Why?"
"Because I'm Sebastian, Lord St. Vincent. I can't be celibate. Everyone knows that.

Evie " came his faint whisper "I'm going to your mother see ... she's got 'em to leave a back door open ... so I can steal into 'eaven.

But the absence of tears wasn't the same as an absence of feeling.

A man is not entitled to be called a father merely because he once had a well-timed spasm of the loins.

It was better to answer, no matter how ineptly, thank to withhold a reply. Because sometimes silence could wound someone nearly as badly as a bullet.

Sometimes when you're making the best of a situation, it turns out far better than you could have hoped for.

Maybe when you're married, you'll have a better idea of what desperate lengths you'll go to ... for your sake,I hope not.

You don't have to apologize for disliking me, only for being discourteous.

He looked like a fallen angel, replete with all the dangerous male beauty that Lucifer could devise.

You want a favor from me, it's going to involve crown molding or adding extra can lights. I draw the line at amusing your bouche

Everyone striving to be witty and sought-after, everyone talking and no one listening ...

You have to rely on whatever sparks you have inside.

He was unbelievably hard. Everywhere. He was in control, infinitely stronger, and he wanted me to know it.
-Ella

Remember that silence is golden

Somehow, even with all the roadblocks and detours and one-way streets, Mark managed to find his way to Maggie.

Isn't it too late at night to begin something like this?"
"Not when one has a dire case of imagine-somnia.

Sweetheart." He let out a serrated breath. "You tempt me just by being in the same room with me.

I don't want to be played." "Oh, I don't know." A smile touched his lips. "With a guy like that . . . it could be fun.

If I never have anything from him except this one moment I am going to take it. Take it now, or drown in regret later.

This was an ancient Romany courtship rite, and there would be nothing halfhearted about it. She was going to be kidnapped and ravished. Finally.

The feelings cut too deep for them to be put on display.

It was a train wreck happening right in front of me and I couldn't do anything about it, except that not only was I watching, I was also the train.

Hardy was every loose-limbed cowboy in warn denim, every pair of blue eyes, every battered pickup, every hot cloudless day. -Liberty

My mistakes are usually so enjoyable that I tend to
repeat them.

It's damp outside, and I'm always cold. Most days I wear a cap and shawl indoors."
"I could suggest other methods to keep yourself warm.

I wondered how many times in my life I had done something just because I wanted to without weighing the consequences.

I didn't mean to send love letters, but that is what they became. On their way to you, my words turned into heartbeats on the page.

You think you've found the perfect mate and you head for him, blinking as fast as you can, and then you find out he's a Bic lighter.

Win told me that one isn't improved by being at the top of the mountain, one is improved by the climb.

He stared at me with bitter understanding.
We both knew there was no room in this for friendship. Nothing left but childhood history.

I've never wanted to be loved. And God Knows no one's done it yet.

There is no greater enemy of virtue than a charming Welshman.

As she had once told Kathleen, sometimes one had to love something before it became lovable

His quiet certainty made the ground beneath my feet feel solid. Like someday everything might actually be okay.

You have to admire such arrogance, it must have taken years to cultivate.

From his own experience, Alex knew that parental love is an ideal, not a guarantee.

From the very first time she'd been able to find the chinks in his armor

Then, as now, there were always girls who were overlooked and ignored by gentlemen who really should have known better.

Standing before the worn books and dusty shelves, she seemed like a ray of light in the windowless room.

For thousands of nights I dreamed of making love to you. No man on earth has ever hated sunrise as I do.

Opening up to the wrong person is like putting ammo in their hands.

Her chances of a decent marriage were about to be dashed-and all because of a ferret.

I looked down at the brochure nearest me."We're going to Nigeria," I threatened. "I hope you like elephant polo."
-Liberty Jones

Just look at the fellow, standing there like a bloody Greek god. Do you think she chose him because of his intellect?

But it was too late now. A lifetime too late. A million wishes too late.

The next time you face a room full of strangers ... you might tell yourself that some of them are just friends waiting to be found.

Dad," I said hesitantly, "I wish you could be there for me even when I'm doing the wrong thing. I wish you could love me even when I'm screwing up.

There are young women who have goals other than finding a husband.

Nonconformity is nothing but self-interest in disguise.

The only thing keeping two people together should be love. Not legalities.

If the feeling is there, you might as
well admit it. Saying the words, or not saying
them, doesn't change a damn thing

Justine ......have you ever had sex on the first date?'
'Yes' she said instantly,'No but stay with me annway

Helen if you continue to fondle the bastard right in front of me, I'll have to dislocate his other shoulder.

This is your punishment, Lara," he whispered. "To burn as I do."
-Hunter

Pandora, you promised to abide by the rules."
"I do," Pandora protested, looking chagrined. "I follow all the rules that I can remember.

Kissing is the best thing lips do other than smiling. Cassandra

There are some experiences in life they haven't invented the right words for.

The night we met, I felt you like an electric shock. Something about you calls to the devil in me.

Heath," she whispered, "you're all I want. No one else ... no one ...

I'm scared of making the biggest mistake of my life. I'm just trying to figure out what the mistake is.

All I would ever ask of a wife," he murmured, "is that she would bear me some affection. That she might be happy to see me at the end of the day.

We were each other's only link to the past ... that was the strength of our bond, and also our weakness.

Sometimes I'm not nice for a reason. It's a way to find out what someone's made of.

Hard work often produces better results than talent.

What a ferocious creature you are," St. Vincent said, laughing. "I pity Westcliff if he crosses you again. In fact, I think I should warn him ...

In the face of a love this vast, a man could only surrender.

Falling hard and fast. And there didn't seem to be a thing I could do about it.

Most people don't have facades," Natalie said drily. "Oh everyone thinks they do, but when you dig below the facade, there is only more facade.

When one felt like a wasp, one's main inclination was to sting.

The feeling of relinquishing responsibility to someone else, letting him take control, was a relief beyond words.

Being apart from you is like trying to live without breathing. Think

I'm a public sinner with a ton of money. Any church would want me.

Beatrix, I'm not in the mood for virginal experimentation."
She gave him a purely ingenuous look. "Neither am I.

Love is a form of madness, isn't it?

I've told you before, I love like a madman," he said. "Immoderate, jealous, possessive ... I'm absolutely intolerable.

It was impossible to look forward when one was constantly being reminded of painful loss.

although she was disposed to follow the rules whenever possible, she was also willing to discard them when necessary.

Because I realized during the past few days that I can't leave doubt in anyone's mind about to whom you belong. Especially not yours.

This is not Tolstoy. I don't want to know what critics and professors think of what I'm writing. It might hurt my feelings.

He pulled the truck back onto the road and floored it, while the words ran through his mind in a constant loop.
Don't leave. Don't leave.

Lord, it was expensive to die

I've lowered my character with a great deal of unwholesome reading material.