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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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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Truths designed to mislead are just as bad as lies.
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If it must be done, it's best done bravely.
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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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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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“Let me take you home,” he said. “I can make my own way.” “I know. Let me take you anyway.”
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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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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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His uncle had provided Adrian with some incredibly valuable lessons in how English society functioned. One of those lessons was that being married to the wrong person was worse than being dead.
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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 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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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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“I lie, I forge I blackmail.” Edward shrugged. “But cheating at cards? I'd never stoop so low.” Good to know you have some principles.
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He’d never treated her like a lady. He’d treated her like an equal instead, and that had seemed far more precious.
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Oh, thank God. It wasn’t the penis talk.
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I think we may have started this conversation off on the wrong foot," Robert said finally. In fact, if the conversation had been animate, the merciful thing to do would have been to take it out behind the barn and shoot it.
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She’d make a rude noise
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"Because even though you’ve been invisible to the entire world,” he said, “I have always seen you.
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Oh, thank God. It wasn't the pens talk.
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"I would call him an ordinary man, but, well." Another grin. "Even I am not capable of such delusional self-effacement."
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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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Happiness is not just an act of optimism - it is an act of defiance.