Courtney Milan Quotes
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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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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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This is why people are so hard to understand. I cannot even estimate their gravitational pull.
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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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When you keep quiet, people fill in their own most intelligent thoughts on your behalf.
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Is it a thorny question of ethics? Or is it the sort of ethical question where the right choice is easy, but the unethical answer is too tempting?
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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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Maybe that’s what I have been looking for. When storms and rockslides threaten, I am looking for someone who will hold on to me and not let go.
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Truths designed to mislead are just as bad as lies.
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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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What can I say? I have a thing for women who carry heavy books and know how to use them
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The beautiful thing about marriage is the right it gives me to monogamy. One man intent on dictating my whereabouts is enough, wouldn’t you think?
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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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Friendship was a concept men bandied about to save face when they were rejected.
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I’ll tell you my truth, if you’ll tell me yours.
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She’d make a rude noise
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Oh, thank God. It wasn’t the penis talk.
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Best not to dream, dear. If you don’t, there’s nothing that can be taken from you.
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Robert believed in restraint. He made it a point not to emulate his father. He refused to be the kind of man who took a woman just because he fancied her. But, damn it, sometimes he wished he were. He wished he were with every part of his being.
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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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What would one do if one were forced to choose between saving an innocent child’s life or engaging in unchaste behavior? This is, after all, the choice that some unfortunate women are put to - sell their bodies, or see their children starve.
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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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I spent my day as I normally spend my days: threatening suppliers, bullying those who are not in line with my expectations, and generally creating havoc in the lives of others. The square across the street is empty of all but the pigeons. I find myself resenting them.