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“The easiest thing to be in the world is you. The most difficult thing to be is what other people want you to be. Don't let them put you in that position.”
― Leo Buscaglia

“Here was life, gently reminding her that she could care again. That her grief was allowed, but so was her joy.”
― Courtney Milan, Mrs. Martin’s Incomparable Adventure

“Because you see, what’s meant for you will always, always find you.”
― Tosha Silver, Change Me Prayers: The Hidden Power of Spiritual Surrender

“To be thought of as the perfect woman for a man isn't a compliment to a woman, it's more about how a man sees himself. Should we marry, either I will be exhausted trying to keep his illusion intact — or Lord Bancroft will be severely disappointed in his choice. Likely both.”
― Sherry Thomas, A Conspiracy in Belgravia

“Too often we underestimate the power of a touch, a smile, a kind word, a listening ear, an honest compliment, or the smallest act of caring, all of which have the potential to turn a life around.”
― Leo Buscaglia

“I always think that when we’re quiet, we’re agreeing to be harmless to each other. That we’re just sharing the same space and letting each other exist exactly as we are, and neither of us would hurt or upset the other one.”
― Abby Jimenez, Yours Truly

“Fairy tales do not tell children the dragons exist. Children already know that dragons exist. Fairy tales tell children the dragons can be killed.”
― G.K. Chesterton

“If anyone or anything frightens you, shout.” “Shout what?” He made an aimless gesture. “‘Help,’ I suppose. Or ‘Fire’ or ‘Murder.’ In a pinch, ‘James’ would suffice.” She nodded. “‘Come to me, you magnificent stag,’ it is.”
― Tessa Dare, How the Dukes Stole Christmas

“I tell you that my standards are low. The bar has come waaaaay down. At this point I’d settle for a guy simply because he has a penis, more than one towel, and no flags hanging on his walls. I mean, do they actually expect us to have sex with them on a futon in their mom’s basement? Like, actually?” “Yes,” she said flatly. “That is exactly what they expect.” I sat back heavily in my seat. “I’m beginning to think men are not sending us their best people.”
― Abby Jimenez, Yours Truly

“Gwen had no doubt that whoever he was, his ancestors had absolutely once stared down the business end of guillotine.

You don't get cheekbones like that without oppressing some peasants.”
― Erin Sterling, The Kiss Curse

“Good God, the boy better not emigrate to Canada, they'll shoot him for his pelt.”
― Elizabeth Everett, A Love by Design

“I'm glad you don't see it as romantic."
"Good gracious, no. It's selfish, pure and simple.”
― Sherry Thomas, A Conspiracy in Belgravia

“The whole universe tilted on its axis, pouring starlit silence into the small, shy distance between their eyes.”
― India Holton, The Secret Service of Tea and Treason

“Practicing security means continually turning towards the best version of yourself.”
― Eve Rickert, More Than Two: A Practical Guide to Ethical Polyamory

“Confusing monogamy with morality has done more to destroy the conscience of the human race than any other error.”
― George Bernard Shaw

“As long as your work remains unwritten in your head, it has no effect on anyone. Except you. And not in a good way. Once you let your idea out of the hermetically sealed vault of your brain and out into the fresh air, it will immediately start to evolve. The minute you get it down on a piece of paper, it will change.
And once you let it out of the house — once someone else gets to experience it — everything is changed.
You are changed. The project is changed. The audience is changed.
That’s the alchemy of art.”
― Sam Bennett, Get It Done: From Procrastination to Creative Genius in 15 Minutes a Day

“And yet, despite repeated assurances that women aren't particularly sexual creatures, in cultures around the world men have gone to extraordinary lengths to control female libido: female genital mutilation, head-to-toe chadors, medieval witch burnings, chastity belts, suffocating corsets, muttered insults about "insatiable" whores, pathologizing, paternalistic medical diagnoses of nymphomania or hysteria, the debilitating scorn heaped on any female who chooses to be generous with her sexuality...all parts of a worldwide campaign to keep the supposedly low-key female libido under control. Why the electrified high-security razor-wire fence to contain a kitty-cat?”
― Christopher Ryan, Sex at Dawn: The Prehistoric Origins of Modern Sexuality

“I’m Irish. Being both Catholic and a pirate are almost obligatory.”
― India Holton, The League of Gentlewomen Witches

“Over the years, everyone stumbles. That's why I'll be here for you — and you'll be there for me. I don't expect perfection. I want you, and you're a thousand times better.”
― Courtney Milan, Unlocked

“We wanted proper outback: a place where men were men and sheep were nervous.”
― Bill Bryson, In a Sunburned Country

“We’re all a little broken, Briana. We are a mosaic. We’re made up of all those we’ve met and all the things we’ve been through. There are parts of us that are colorful and dark and jagged and beautiful. And I love every piece of you. Even the ones you wish didn’t exist.”
― Abby Jimenez, Yours Truly

“No,” said Mr. Fong. “You will also eat. You are rich, which means you are weak. You do not have the necessary fortitude to go without meals.” “I—that’s—” Jeremy bit his lip. “Really unfair. I’ve skipped meals before, and it only killed me twice.”
― Courtney Milan, The Duke Who Didn't

“Was there anything in life more pleasurable than the sensation of striking a dark line through an item on one’s list with a pencil? Yes. There was the visceral sensation of taking out one’s pencil and striking a dark line through the last item on one’s daily list. Finishing a list had an almost talismanic quality, as if the act of turning intentions into words, then words into deeds, carried a subtle magic.”
― Courtney Milan, The Duke Who Didn't

“My vagina has officially been closed so long I’m afraid a Spirit Halloween is going to move in.”
― Abby Jimenez, Part of Your World

“Look at that mantrum. Eight thousand nerves in the clitoris and still not as sensitive as a white man not getting his way.”
― Abby Jimenez, Part of Your World

“I know it hurts, but just think, now you know what it feels like for a man with a cold”
― Abby Jimenez, Part of Your World

“Ali, never underestimate what a man will do for five percent better sensation.”
― Abby Jimenez, Part of Your World

“See, that’s some twenty-eight-year-old shit right there. You think your cognac-drinking, receding-hairline, pushing-fifty-year-old Our Time date is gonna give you that acrobatic sex? He’s not. He threw his back out playing golf.”
― Abby Jimenez, Part of Your World

“What are your success metrics then?" I frowned at Tola, and she shrugged.

"I dunno ... being comfortable in your skin, having loads of adventures, living with purpose, being happy, having good people in your life, taking risks?”
― Lauren Forsythe, The Fixer Upper

“...what started with those simple requirements -- make her notice me, but guarantee that nobody understood how I felt -- turned into the cruelest thing I have ever done to another human.”
― Courtney Milan, Unlocked