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“Proper conversations are very dull, in my opinion.”
Fortunately in matters of love, most women can be persuaded to choose a bad man over a good one.”
Really, they should levy a tax on London bachelors until they marry. That would hasten the entire courtship process.”
It was unfair that the people who longed for love the most, searched the hardest for it, found it so elusive.
“Don’t ever trust men with good intentions. They’ll always disappoint you.”
Everything in London was about appearances, pretenses . . . was it so unforgivable to be honest about one’s feelings?
Not for the first time, Leo reflected how unfair it was that men were allowed to get away with so much more than women.
“I’m an expert on humiliation, and if it were fatal, I’d have died a dozen times by now.”
“You should know, Rutledge,” Leo said in a pleasant tone, “that I had planned to kill you right away, but Rohan says we should talk for a few minutes first. Personally, I think he’s trying to delay me so he can have the pleasure of killing you himself. And even if Rohan and I don’t kill you, we probably won’t be able to stop my brother-in-law Merripen from killing you.”
“The London season is like one of those Drury Lane melodramas in which marriage is always the ending. And no one ever seems to give any thought as to what happens after. But marriage isn’t the end of the story, it’s the beginning. And it demands the efforts of both partners to make a success of it.
“How could she be lonely? She’s constantly surrounded by people.” “That can be the worst loneliness of all.”
“I’m sure that someday you, too, will find that one special person you can torment for the rest of your life.”
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.
“Perhaps that’s why you don’t sleep well. You need an interlude between work and bedtime.”
Men love to be forgiven. It makes us feel better about our inability to learn from our mistakes.”
You already know what you want to do—you just aren’t ready to admit it yet.”
“I do hope you’ll behave, Leo.” “Of course I will. We’re in the country. There’s nothing else to do.”
Seduction is merely encouraging a man to do something he already wants to do.”
One thing was clear to Harry: His in-laws were not normal people.
But I want you any way I can get you. Not because you’re beautiful or clever or kind or adorable, although the devil knows you’re all those things. I want you because there’s no one else like you, and I don’t ever want to start a day without seeing you.”
“How can you trust me when you have no way of knowing if I’m worthy of it?” The corners of her lips tilted upward. “That’s what trust is, isn’t it?”
“Do you have many enemies?” she asked quietly. “Yes, thank God. They’re not nearly as inconvenient as friends.”
“I’ll probably go mad after three days.” “That’s all right,” Poppy said cheerfully. “No one around here would notice.”
“I’m going to make love to you all night, Poppy. And the first time, you’re going to feel very safe. But the second time, I’m going to be a little bit wicked . . . and you’ll like that even more. And the third time—” he paused with a smile as he heard her breath catch. “The third time, I’m going to do things that will mortify you when you remember them tomorrow.” He kissed her gently. “And you’ll love that most of all.”
“Take my advice, gadjo . . . never argue with a woman when she’s in this state. Tell her you were wrong and you’re sorry as hell. And promise never to do it again.” “I’m still not exactly certain what I did,” Harry said. “That doesn’t matter. Apologize anyway.” Merripen paused and added in whisper, “And whenever your wife is angry . . . for God’s sake, don’t try logic.”
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.
How a man whom everyone considers so intelligent can be such an imbecile
Poppy had never thought it was possible to be amused and aroused at the same time.
I have a very democratic view of excrement—it’s all shit to me.”
want you to be happy, you exasperating man. I want you to understand that I love you for exactly what you are.”
one can’t avoid the storms and calamities of life, but one can at least find the right partner to face them with.”
