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It was unfair that the people who longed for love the most, searched the hardest for it, found it so elusive.
“In the fairy tale you mentioned last night, I would probably be the villain. But it’s possible the villain would treat you far better than the prince would have.”
Every girl loves a morally grey Romeo lol
The fact that such a despicable human being could be so handsome was proof that the universe was vastly unfair, or at least very badly organized.
Yup
The chef looked deeply concerned. “You think there’s a problem with his carrot?” “Watercress, carrot—is everything food to you?” Jake demanded. The chef shrugged. “Oui.”
😂😂😂
“Still,” the housekeeper mused, “I think the two of them may need a bit of help.” “From whom?” Chef Rupert asked. “From all of us,” the housekeeper replied. “It’s all to our benefit if the master is happy, isn’t it?”
Beauty and the beast vibes people 👏😍
“Where the blazes is my liquor? I told the servants to stock the carriage with drink for the journey. I’m going to fire the bloody lot of them.” “There’s water, isn’t there?” “Water is for washing, not drinking.”
😂
and Merripen is with some of the tenants, lecturing them on new techniques of hoeing.” The word caught Leo’s attention. “I know all about that. If you don’t want to go to a brothel, there are certain districts of London—” “Hoeing, Leo,” Win said. “Breaking ground with farm implements.” “Oh. Well, I know nothing about that.”
😂😂😂
“It’s lovely to talk to your husband after you’ve been to bed together. They just lie there feeling grateful and say yes to everything.”
😜
Seduction is merely encouraging a man to do something he already wants to do.”
Ha!
“Sometimes when you’re making the best of a situation, it turns out far better than you could have hoped for.”
“Where did you learn to fight?” “New York.” Cam lunged forward and flipped him to the ground. “West London,” he returned.
Get it boys!
It was finally becoming clear to her that love wasn’t about finding someone perfect to marry. Love was about seeing through to the truth of a person, and accepting all their shades of light and dark. Love was an ability.
I have a very democratic view of excrement—it’s all shit to me.”
😏
“Never remember his mistakes, but always remember your own.”
‘It is the chiefest point of happiness that a man is willing to be what he is.’
It was a kiss to level mountains and shake stars from the sky. It was a kiss to make angels faint and demons weep . . . a passionate, demanding, soul-searing kiss that nearly knocked the earth off its axis.
one can’t avoid the storms and calamities of life, but one can at least find the right partner to face them with.
