Courtney Milan Quotes
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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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But to call it looking was like calling an eighteen-course feast a snack.
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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.
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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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THERE WERE THREE SKILLS that Miss Emily Fairfield had found necessary in her current position in life: lying, smuggling, and - most important of all - scaling walls. It was the last she’d put to use at the moment.
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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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When you keep quiet, people fill in their own most intelligent thoughts on your behalf.
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“I am small,” she said, “but mighty.
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“You matter," she whispered to him. "You are important. And you are the single most magnificent man I have ever had the honor of meeting.
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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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All soldiers dreamed of armistice, after all.
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He’d fallen a little bit in love with her the moment she’d said his name as if it had value.
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The truth is simply this: you can find a better man than I. God knows you wouldn't have to look very hard. But I don't believe you can find one who loves you more.
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It was like coming home to a place that he held dear and finding that the wood had burnt to the ground and the house was in ruins.
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Don't feel sorry for me. Most people can't change their past. I change mine every day.
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Minnie, I want to abolish the peerage. I write radical pamphlets in secret. I am not going to shriek, 'Oh, no! A scandal!' and run away.
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“Oh, dear.” Free looked down, fluttering her eyelashes demurely. “Is my punctuation showing once more?
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Happiness is not just an act of optimism - it is an act of defiance.
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Then I’ll have to succeed three times as hard as they want me to fail. You, of all people, should understand that.
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The road to hell was surely paved with cacao.
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“Let me take you home,” he said. “I can make my own way.” “I know. Let me take you anyway.”
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Some people, when they’re hurt… they remember the challenge. They grab hold of the fire once, and when they’re burned, they make plans, trying to figure out how to hold live coals. That’s your mother. But some of us remember the pain.
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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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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.