Courtney Milan Quotes
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Here was life, gently reminding her that she could care again. That her grief was allowed, but so was her joy.
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A lady always avoids the truth, when it happens to be gauche.
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I think that's when I understood that you only ruined my life because my life needed ruining. Because the life you rejected demanded that I spend all my time telling my daughter to be less and my son to be more.
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"You’re a force of nature, Your Grace,” she said. “But so am I. So am I."
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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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She’d make a rude noise
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We're friends...And what that means is this: I won't let anyone hurt you. Not if I can stop it.
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It was not lust itself he felt, but the premonition of desire, as if the wind that whipped around his cravat were whispering in his ears. /Her. Choose her.
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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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“I hate your future wife," she said simply. At the moment, I'm not much in charity with her myself.
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One mustn’t justify day-to-day morality with extraordinary circumstances. Otherwise, we would all feel free to rape and murder at the drop of a cat.
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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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“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 man must claim responsibility for his own temptation, and not pin it on the woman who arouses him. It’s a gown, Sir Mark. Not even one of my more daring ones.
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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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"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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You could make me say it again," he whispered. "Make me say it always. Make me say it so often that you never have cause to doubt. I love you.
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If ever I address you with an intimacy, you'll know it.
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“I believe,” he said, “that there is a special place in hell for those who steal truth. And that man - whoever he is - I hope he is burning there.
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He'd been lying to himself all these months. He WAS in love with her. And he had no idea what to do about it.
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If your point of reference is a glimpse you’ve caught of a business transaction conducted in an alley, I’d venture that you have no idea what I can do with a wall.
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“But we’re not trying to empty the Thames,” she told him. “Look at what we’re doing with the water we remove. It doesn’t go to waste. We’re using it to water our gardens, sprout by sprout. We’re growing bluebells and clovers where once there was a desert. All you see is the river, but I care about the roses.
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I'm not broken,' he repeated. 'Although at the moment...at the moment, I may be coming a bit unraveled.
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A life without risk is one where I tell myself I'm not worthy of taking a chance.