“Don’t you keep up with the news? It’s all a commercial plot. Christmas — the holidays — are terrible for us. We eat too much, drink too much, stress too much. We rush around trying to pack too much into too few days, travel great distances
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“It’s the antithesis of reason and logic. History’s littered with fools dying for love, going to war for love. Ruining themselves for love. That’s not romantic. It’s imbecilic. Look at Lady Caroline Lamb, smashing a glass and making a scene when Byron ended their affair.” He shook his head. “Ridiculous.” Tess bit back a laugh at his fervency. For someone who claimed to be dispassionate, he seemed to have very strong views on the subject. “And what about the Trojan War?” he continued. “That all started because Paris thought he was in love with Helen, another man’s wife. He wasn’t in love, he was in lust. And he dragged thousands of men to their death because of his unruly loins.”
― Second Duke's the Charm
― Second Duke's the Charm
“I’ve never, ever loved anyone the way I love you. Not ever. Not before, not now, and I now know I never will.”
― Buried Dreams
― Buried Dreams
“I hate that I loved you for as long as I did.” The pain of her words makes my head feel like it’s exploded. “I hate I loved you at all.”
― Buried Dreams
― Buried Dreams
“You asked me tonight why I was single, and I told you I haven’t met the one who I want to do everyday life with, and I lied to you.” He takes a step to me. “I have met her. I’ve met her and her son, and I’ve gone and fallen completely and madly in love with both of them.”
― Forbidden Dreams
― Forbidden Dreams
“You, Justin Thornton, are a man who knows the cost of everything, and the value of nothing. Nothing important, at least.”
― Second Duke's the Charm
― Second Duke's the Charm
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