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Or perhaps it was fairer to say—fairer to the brandy, at least, which ought not be blamed for all human failings—that the trouble was already there, and the brandy simply brought it to light.
“You probably don’t even remember my name.” “Of course I do. It’s Clarissa, isn’t it?” “Oh, well done, Josiah.”
OMG this book is f**king hilarious. The flirtatious teasing, ugh
“Mrs. DeWitt,” he said. “You will leave here tomorrow.” “I am willing to do whatever you ask, Mr. DeWitt.” “Good.” “So long as you do not ask anything that I am not willing to do.”
YAS. seriously so funny.
“Do I pay you to disapprove of me, Das?” “No, sir. I provide the disapproval for free.” “Remind me to bloody thank you some time.”
He made a long rumbling sound. “Coffee before conversation.”
relatable
When she forgot to be polite, she was highly entertaining. When she was being polite, on the other hand, he could cheerfully consign her to hell.
“It’s not fair to laugh at me. You men cannot demand that women be innocent and then mock us for being exactly what you say you want.”
:))))))
“You do realize,” he drawled softly, “that when you cover your eyes, I can still see you.” “No you can’t.”
If they waited until women were old enough to get some common sense, they’d never get them married off at all.
By passion, he wanted to say. By knowing that you want me as much as I want you, not because it’s your duty or because there’s a baby at the end of it, but because you want to share pleasure with me and you will never leave.
Oh, Joshua. Oh, oh, Joshua. So swoony
He kissed her with the force of all the words he did not have, and she was telling him something too, yelling at him with her kiss, with her tongue.
why is this line so pretty?
“You are very good at loving, but I am very hard to love.”
“Here’s my idea: I hold onto you and you hold onto me, and we never let go and we never turn away from each other, no matter what happens, however hard it gets.” He briefly squeezed her tight. “Even when the bad things happen, and the bad things will happen.”
