Courtney Milan Quotes
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It would be like loving the ocean, but wishing it would change into a glass of water.
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I only said I would stop talking to you, he'd written. I never promised to stop loving you.
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The only thing worse than an unlovable woman was an unlovable woman who whined about not being loved.
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Robert turned to the man standing beside him. “Oliver,” he said, “how did you ever come to the conclusion that I was a worthwhile human being?” Oliver took off his glasses and cleaned them with a handkerchief. “What makes you think I did?
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It turns out, Newton is correct: Objects at rest tend to remain at rest, and twelve-year-old-boys are even more resistant to motion than regular matter.
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God gave one sisters to teach one to love the inexplicable.
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She didn’t need to be received as nobility to be noble.
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But to call it looking was like calling an eighteen-course feast a snack.
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You really shouldn’t blame men for everything.” “No, just the ninety-eight percent of society’s ills they’re responsible for.
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You see, I'm not some shiny bauble to be strung onto a necklace and displayed for all the world to see. I'm too proud to ever be anyone's conquest.
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M is for Me. I’m yours, even when you make mistakes.
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It’s called basic human decency, and I deserve no credit for doing what every man should.
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The question wasn’t when things had changed. It was this: When had he decided to simply accept society’s rules, to play the game precisely as it had been laid out by those who already had power?
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He was 'susceptible' to her. If he wasn't careful, he might end up nursing a full-blown interest.
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When you keep quiet, people fill in their own most intelligent thoughts on your behalf.
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“Do Chinese dragons even eat people?” “She lives in the Bay Area,” I say severely. “She eats a Westernized diet.
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When someone falls,” Mark said, “you don’t throw her back down in the dirt. You offer her a hand up. It’s the Christian thing to do.
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His Grace explained his choice of bride as follows: “Why would I take a conventional wife, when I could have an extraordinary one?
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"Family isn’t a matter of history. Or biology,” he said softly. “It’s a matter of choice.”
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Kate had dressed for battle, donning her finest pink muslin morning dress. With lace at her wrists and mother-of-pearl buttons at her throat, instead of that itchy servant's cloak, she felt capable of matching wits with anyone.
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He snorted. “Are you lying to me, Miss Marshall?” “Of course I am.” She smiled at him. “I thought it would put you at ease.
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Sometimes I wish that this quest had not come to me. Justice is an impossible beast to track. The trail is lonely, and she offers no reward when she's caught but the promise of another hunt.
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Would I take a conventional wife, when I could have an extraordinary one?
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People always claimed to want such things when they faced the harsh light of judgment. With the prospect of punishment looming over their heads, they would promise anything.