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#1

“My advice to you is get married: if you find a good wife you'll be happy; if not, you'll become a philosopher.”
― Socrates

tags: happiness, humour, marriage, philosophy

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“It began with the twitch of her lower lip as it took on a life of its own, rippling outward to the corners of her mouth and forcing them upward into a helpless smile. She instantly clasped one hand over her mouth in a frantic attempt to silence the sound that was coming from her throat. The result was that she half-spluttered, half-coughed, her eyes painfully wide as she desperately wished a hole would emerge in the oriental carpet and mercifully swallow her up.”
― Sophie Barnes, How Miss Rutherford Got Her Groove Back

tags: romance

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#3

“And then of course there was her opinion to consider. Would she ever care to entertain the thought of kissing him, let alone marrying him? He was willing to bet his life that she wasn't. Not yet anyway. Therefore, he had made up his mind. He had devised a carefully thought-out plan, its sole purpose being to eventually ensure Emily's hand in marriage. And he would do it the old fashioned way--through trickery.”
― Sophie Barnes, How Miss Rutherford Got Her Groove Back

tags: miss-rutherford, romance, sophie-barnes

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#4

“As flies to wanton boys are we to the gods.
They kill us for their sport.”
― William Shakespeare, King Lear

tags: classic, insignificance

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#5

“A pair of powerful spectacles has sometimes sufficed to cure a person in love.”
― Friedrich Nietzsche

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#6

“Never in a million years would he have imagined her to look at him like that - eyelids batting of their own volition and her lips puckering in expectation as she leaned slightly forward. Yet here she was doing precisely that - it was much too comical to stop the smile crossing his face.
And that was when she hit him.
It wasn't a faint slap on the cheek. No, Alexandra put all her weight behind the right hook that landed squarely across his jaw, throwing him completely off balance.
Damnation!”
― Sophie Barnes, Lady Alexandra's Excellent Adventure

tags: romance, sophie-barnes

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#7

“Let me be clear. Last I was aware you were neither my husband nor my father nor my King. Therefore, any control you may imagine you hold over me is just that- imaginary”
― Sarah MacLean, The Season

tags: alex, humor, sarah-maclean, the-season, wit

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#8

“Reaching the bottom of the stairs, Anthony turned to look at her. It was difficult for him to discern her expression with the mask she was wearing, but he could see her eyes, and there was something so honest, yet desperate, hidden there that he found it impossible to look away. She was mesmerizing, and whatever reason she had for being there, he knew that it was vitally important to her, that attending the ball was not without risk.”
― Sophie Barnes, The Trouble with Being a Duke

tags: regency-romance, sophie-barnes, the-trouble-with-being-a-duke

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#9

“You intrigue me,” he said, for it was the truth.
“And yet I’ve just told you that I have a fiancé.”
“An almost fiancé, I believe you said.”
The spark in her eyes dwindled. “Nevertheless—I will marry him. This . . .…” She swept her arm in a wide circle to indicate their extravagant surroundings. “It cannot possibly last.”
― Sophie Barnes, The Trouble with Being a Duke

tags: regency-romance, sophie-barnes, the-trouble-with-being-a-duke

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#10

“When the day shall come that we do part," he said softly, and turned to look at me, "if my last words are not 'I love you'-ye'll ken it was because I didna have time.”
― Diana Gabaldon

tags: fiery-cross, jamie-fraser, outlander

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#11

“Books are my passion," James told her, "I cannot imagine passing a day without reading.”
― Sophie Barnes, The Earl's Complete Surrender

tags: books, passion, reading, romance

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#12

“I cannot explain what's between us, Lady Newbury, other than to say that I have an uncanny urge to kiss you whenever we meet.”
― Sophie Barnes, The Earl's Complete Surrender

tags: kiss, love, romance

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#13

“I have accepted fear as part of life – specifically the fear of change... I have gone ahead despite the pounding in the heart that says: turn back....”
― Erica Jong

tags: change, courage, fear, life

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#14

“Believe something and the Universe is on its way to being changed. Because you've changed, by believing. Once you've changed, other things start to follow. Isn't that the way it works?”
― Diane Duane, So You Want to Be a Wizard

tags: belief, change, faith, life, magic, universe

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#15

“You can't become a decent horseman until you fall off and get up again, a good number of times.
There's life in a nutshell.”
― Bear Grylls, Mud, Sweat and Tears

tags: falling, horse, inspirational, life, living, never-giving-up

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#16

“When we’re apart, I can think of nothing but you—of being with you again—and I . . . I’m sorry if I hurt you before. I’m sorry if I wasn’t clear about my feelings, if I wasn’t strong enough to fight for the chance to be with you. I’m going to do that now. I promise. Because I simply cannot imagine choosing a life without you in it.”
― Sophie Barnes, A Most Unlikely Duke

tags: appology, fear, love, unconditional-love

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#17

“She wanted to ask about his late wife and the mistress he kept in London, to inquire about his reason for going to war. She longed to know the events that had shaped his life and made him the man he was today.”
― Sophie Barnes, Mr. West and the Widow

tags: friends-to-lovers-romance, in-love-with-brother-s-friend, soldier, wallflower, wounded-hero

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#18

“When she smiled, his heart expanded with pleasure. And when her fingers brushed his, it felt as though his soul caught fire.”
― Sophie Barnes, Mr. West and the Widow

tags: friends-to-lovers-romance, in-love-with-brother-s-friend, soldier, wallflower, wounded-hero

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#19

“He was wrong. She wasn’t the least bit safe. Not when he had the power to rid her of sensible thought or to light a fire inside her with barely one touch. He brought her body alive with a new kind of longing, instilling in her a need to explore new sensations.”
― Sophie Barnes, Mr. West and the Widow

tags: friends-to-lovers-romance, in-love-with-brother-s-friend, soldier, wallflower, wounded-hero

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#20

“She wanted his kisses so much it physically hurt to imagine she might never know the press of his lips against hers.”
― Sophie Barnes

tags: friends-to-lovers-romance, in-love-with-brother-s-friend, soldier, wallflower, wounded-hero

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#21

“He’d be damned if he told her he was afraid of falling in love with her only to realize she’d never love him in return.”
― Sophie Barnes, Mr. West and the Widow

tags: friends-to-lovers-romance, in-love-with-brother-s-friend, soldier, wallflower, wounded-hero

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“He wanted her more desperately than he’d ever wanted anything else in his life. She was his goal now – a new purpose guiding him toward a better future than he’d thought possible.”
― Sophie Barnes, Mr. West and the Widow

tags: friends-to-lovers-romance, in-love-with-brother-s-friend, soldier, wallflower, wounded-hero

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#23

“Weekends should be called book days.”
― Sophie Barnes

tags: book-love, book-quote, book-worm, books, reading, reading-quote

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#24

“You don't deserve to be hunted," she said, her gaze snaring his. "You deserve to be saved.”
― Sophie Barnes, A Tainted Heart Bleeds

tags: crime-thriller, historical-fiction, historical-romance, murder-mystery

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