Breathless Quotes

“And she swung the old oar at him with all her strength.
It hit with a great thwack, splintering in two, and he went over the side, into the dark, cold waters of the lake, sinking like a stone.
It took her two seconds. And then she let out a scream for help, tossing the broken oar away from her, and jumped into the water after him.
It was very cold, numbingly so, and as it closed over her head she grabbed for
him, wrapping her arms around his body, ready to sink to the bottom with him.
Instead he kicked, pushing them up so that they broke the surface, his arm
clamped around hers as she struggled. "Jesus, woman!" he snapped. "When did we have to become Romeo and Juliet?”
― Anne Stuart, Breathless

“Jesus, woman!" he snapped. "When did we have to become Romeo and Juliet?”
― Anne Stuart, Breathless

“My hair covers my scarring.'
'But we've agreed that no one notices your scarring once they're around you. You woo them like a big, fat hairy black spider, and no matter how much they struggle they're helpless.”
― Anne Stuart, Breathless

“She could dream of happy endings. For him, if not for her.”
― Anne Stuart, Breathless

“Your soul may be the epitome of putrescent decay, but apart from minor scarring you know perfectly well that you are quite decadently appealing."
His pale eyes widened, and then he explored in laughter. "I don't know which enchants me more, putrescent decay or decadently appealing.”
― Anne Stuart, Breathless

“This man was truly like a scorpion, a poisonous sting when one least expected it.”
― Anne Stuart, Breathless

“You can get an erection less than an hour after I've tried to kill you?" she said in disbelief. "Just how perverse are you?"

"Let me show you.”
― Anne Stuart, Breathless

“They had known each other for many years. Young Jacob had found his way onto a ship borne for the tropics, indentured to a pair of wealthy male planters, and he’d run away, ending up at the decaying ruins of La Briere, the plantation house of the de Malheurs. Lucien had been living there alone, the only survivor of a virulent outbreak of cholera, and the two young men, barely more than boys, had bonded together, determined to escape.”
― Anne Stuart, Breathless

“I’m afraid it’s not the knowledge that makes me hit wrong notes, it’s the level of skill,” she managed to say sweetly, pulling herself together. “People say I play with great abandon.” “Yes. Abandoned to all sense of musicality.”
― Anne Stuart, Breathless

“He’d taken unfair advantage—he knew far more about women’s bodies than she did, even though she lived in one.”
― Anne Stuart, Breathless

“Lady Miranda Rohan struck him as someone extremely difficult to crush. Thus, the challenge was immediately appealing.”
― Anne Stuart, Breathless