Courtney Milan Quotes
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Her lips found his and a stab of exquisite desire shot through him. This is what he's been waiting for all this time. Not a stolen embrace. A gift, freely given. One that he would keep forever in some small part of his soul.
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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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We don’t need wealth. We don’t need riches. We Lanes just believe harder than everyone else, and good things come to us.
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Happiness is not just an act of optimism - it is an act of defiance.
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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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I believe that women are human beings. That belief is not diametrically opposed to thinking that men are human beings, and that if one human being has the opportunity to be kind to another, she should do so.
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Oh, thank God. It wasn't the pens talk.
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Do you remember the time you blackmailed me? Yes, dear. You blackmailed me right back. It was the sweetest thing. I knew then that we were meant for each other.
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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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You can call me your friend if you like, but I think of you when I stroke myself. When last I checked, that points to feelings that are decidedly more than friendly.
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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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Then the car door opens and the driver gets out. He’s tall and thin with sandy-blond hair.
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It was hardly the first time she had confused him. He knew just enough to understand that he didn’t understand her.
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But none of that matters. When I see you, I remember that you made me want to drown rather than be myself.
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“If I’d married,” she said softly, “I would never know what I was capable of doing. It turns out that when you take away my kid gloves and my morning dresses, I can do quite a bit. This may sound ridiculous, but I’m proud of myself.
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A lady always avoids the truth, when it happens to be gauche.
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"Does anyone ever get the best of you?” “Yes,” she returned, “but only when I choose to give it to them."
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The road to hell was surely paved with cacao.
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In droves, filling the doorway
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A life without risk is one where I tell myself I'm not worthy of taking a chance.
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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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“A ninnyhammer,” Jane said, “sounds like a magic hammer. One that I can use to smite ninnies. I have a great need for one of those.
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You're perfectly right. There's no two ways about it. When you leave, it will slay me.