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“
I doona ken. Explain that to me, Declan. Why do you matter to me so much?"
His body shuddered giving her a slight thrill that she might affect him just as much as he affected her. Pulling back slightly, his eyes met hers.
"Fiona, love, you doona ken what you're doin' to me.
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― Highland Eclipse
― Highland Eclipse
“
Nursed in poverty he acquired a hardihood which enabled him to sustain severe privations. As the simplicity of his life gave vigour to his body, so it fortified his mind. Possessing a frame and constitution thus hardened he was taught to consider courage as the most honourable virtue, cowardice the most disgraceful failing.
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― Sketches of the Character, Institutions and Customs of the Highlanders of Scotland
― Sketches of the Character, Institutions and Customs of the Highlanders of Scotland
