Courtney Milan Quotes
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One could push a pack of truths together to make one despicable falsehood.
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He was nothing but a deep abyss of want, and only she could fill him. He didn’t want to turn at the sound of her voice. If he simply stared into the hydrangea for long enough…then he would be a coward. He turned to face the woman who could bring him to his knees.
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She didn’t need to be received as nobility to be noble.
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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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But the Duke of Clermont was smiling and cheerful, and he’d thrown it out there as if it were merely one more fact to be recounted. The weather is lovely. The streets are paved with cobblestone. Your tits are magnificent.
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What can I say? I have a thing for women who carry heavy books and know how to use them
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She looked like a woman talking about astronomical parallax, and that made her brilliantly beautiful.
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Oh, yes. In my future, a man will control all my possessions if I marry him, I shan’t be allowed to vote, and I won’t be given the opportunity to earn a living by any means except on my back - but by all means, the most dire threat I face is freckles.
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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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I fear that one day I will no longer understand desperation, and with that, I will slowly stop listening to what others have to say.
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The vicar gave him permission and he kissed her - not hard, for lust, nor long, for love, but a light brush of his lips for the brief space of time that she would stay in his life.
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The Bible got it wrong when it intimated that the valley contained the shadow of death. Death dwells in the high places.
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All soldiers dreamed of armistice, after all.
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Friendship was a concept men bandied about to save face when they were rejected.
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She received his note not two minutes later. She opened it, her heart pounding. But there were only two words on the paper. Marry me.
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Miss Marshall spent her life daring those more powerful than her to swat her down. The hell of it was, her determination was some kind of contagion. He could feel it infecting him, making him believe. Making him tell himself lies like 'I could do some good' and 'I want her forever'.
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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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Over the years, everyone stumbles. That's why I'll be here for you — and you'll be there for me. I don't expect perfection. I want you, and you're a thousand times better.
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I had to outrun the person you all believed me to be.
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She had taken London by storm - which was to say, as with any good storm, some people stayed indoors when they saw her coming.
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“I am small,” she said, “but mighty.
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“Are you really left-handed?” Mr. Marshall asked. “No. I’ve just been pretending to use my left hand my entire life because I enjoy never being able to work scissors properly.
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You are constantly surprising me. I have to remind myself that whatever it is you are planning, it is going to be thought through more thoroughly than anything I have ever contemplated.
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If it must be done, it's best done bravely.