Brenda Novak Quotes
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...some small part of her had reacted to the passion inside him. Despite his role as a titled gentleman, there seemed to be a facet inside him that society could not tame, something stimulating yet dangerous, like standing at the edge of a cliff and feeling the mysterious, subtle pull to jump.
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I knew you belonged with me.
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Information, listening to every word with rapt attention. Now that she had established herself in the duke’s household, the last thing.
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That was the trouble of telling someone all your truths. They could use them to tear you apart.
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Heart of mine has been shattered in a million pieces—but even during the worst of times, I had you. One of God’s tender mercies. Love, Phoenix.
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It shouldn't matter when I fell in love with you. Or how. All that matters is that I did.
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Grandpa Garnier: Good judgment comes from experience, and a lot of that comes from bad judgment.
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You care how I feel? What I think?” When she couldn’t wrench her.
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Their union was heaven--and it was hell.
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She thought of Jonah and regretted that she hadn’t really forgiven him as she’d promised. Holding a grudge suddenly seemed so contrary to her own happiness, so pointless. What good was it? No good, because it kept them apart. She wished she could tell him she was finally ready to start over and make it work, to forgive Adriana, as well.
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But that moment, the one that was supposed to be so special, had turned into an ache that would never heal.
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I've always believed you can't predict love. You can't qualify or quantify it. Can't dissect it. Love hits you like a truck or the flu, coming up from out of nowhere to knock you to your knees. Love burns you up alive.
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Sex is never messy on screen.
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Respect is more important than anything else. Respect will create a foundation. But, just so you don’t walk into something you aren’t prepared for in the future, you need to be aware that he has his limits.
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Anger is so much easier than grief.
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Fake hope would only serve up more disappointment later.
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Never miss a good chance to shut up.
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I mean that love is enough—when the time is right.
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They come to be? Why don’t they feel any remorse for the suffering they cause? And are there better ways of spotting and stopping them? After having been.
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You ever want me to show you what it's like to have a man in your bed, you know where to find me.
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Sometimes gut instinct is what determines the direction we should take.
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No one seemed to understand that she hadn’t chosen to be standoffish. That was simply a byproduct of what she’d been through.
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Good judgment comes from experience, and a lot of that comes from bad judgment.
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Because you’re obviously working very hard to protect yourself against what’s happening, and I didn’t want to undermine you.