Many an ex-boyfriend had whined about how ‘high maintenance’ I was. If they’d thought their complaints would result in me lowering my standards, they realized their mistake when I promptly threw them back into the swamp whence they came.
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“What’s the use of temptations if we don’t yield to them?”
― The Gentleman's Guide to Vice and Virtue
― The Gentleman's Guide to Vice and Virtue
“We're not courting trouble," I say. "Flirting with it, at most.”
― The Gentleman's Guide to Vice and Virtue
― The Gentleman's Guide to Vice and Virtue
“Books open your mind, broaden your mind, and strengthen you as nothing else can.”
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“Destiny does not send us heralds. She is too wise or too cruel for that.”
― The Picture of Dorian Gray
― The Picture of Dorian Gray
“God bless the book people for their boundless knowledge absorbed from having words instead of friends.”
― The Gentleman's Guide to Vice and Virtue
― The Gentleman's Guide to Vice and Virtue
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