Aphrodite and the Duke

by J.J. McAvoy

“Because my thoughts are beastly,” he replied, finally looking at me. “And I fear you are not afraid of beasts.”

😏

Women need reliability.”

and do!

“I thank God for allowing me such a sight,” I whispered into her ear. “I swear I shall worship you for the rest of my life.”

I swear, he was the king of all my dreams, the lord of all my passions, the captain of all my desires. I was helpless against him.

It was amusing how mothers stuck with you even when they were far, far away—a mama was everything.

🫶🏾

When possible, he will sit in one place in nature with an apple and watch the sky. What he is looking at, I have no idea. When I ask, he simply tells me he was thinking. Of what? He does not say. At least not at first. And so, I join him and sit and also stare, maybe even read. After some time, he’ll share a thought or a memory. All cannot be spilled in a day, but is that bad, since marriage is for a lifetime?”

🥰 the journey is the best part

My mama says where women go, men follow.”

mama ain’t lying 🤭

“Fearful of being beautiful?” “Fearful that it is all that I am,” she replied. “If my only claim to glory be my beauty, what am I when it fades? I am no goddess and will not remain young forever.”