Jan

“Not a mindless relinquishing of physical dignity in exchange for favors or pleasure, but an intentional vulnerability far more dangerous and lasting.”
― Grace Burrowes, Matthew

“Beauty in things exits merely in the mind which contemplates them.”
― David Hume

“Is this all you want, Anna?” He brought his arms around her and urged her to lean into him. “Merely an embrace? I’ll understand it, if you do.”
“It isn’t merely an embrace,” she replied, loving the feel of his lean muscles and long bones against her body. “It is your embrace, and your scent, and the cadence of your breathing, and the warmth of your hands. To me, there is nothing mere about it.”
― Grace Burrowes, The Heir

“I can be hurt, she said, only by people I respect.”
― Mary Balogh, Then Comes Seduction