A Counterfeit Betrothal/The Notorious Rake Quotes

“For some people, happiness consists in waiting for some disaster to overtake them or the world,”
― Mary Balogh, A Counterfeit Betrothal/The Notorious Rake

“Suffering can kill. Not always physically. But it can kill dreams and it can deaden hope and the will to live.”
― Mary Balogh, A Counterfeit Betrothal/The Notorious Rake

“Lord Francis sighed. “When you get back to Bedlam, Soph,” he said, “ask them to reserve a room for me, will you? There’s a good girl. I am going to be needing it soon.” Sophia clucked her tongue and spurred her horse to a canter. Lord Francis shook his head and went after her.”
― Mary Balogh, A Counterfeit Betrothal/The Notorious Rake

“You aren’t intending to spend your married life quarreling, I hope?” Claude said, frowning as his brother passed a hand nervously through his hair and turned to the door. “I intend to be happy,” Lord Francis said. “I shall see to it that I quarrel with Soph every day of our lives, Claude.”
― Mary Balogh, A Counterfeit Betrothal/The Notorious Rake

“But hell need not be eternal unless one chooses to make it so.”
― Mary Balogh, A Counterfeit Betrothal/The Notorious Rake

“That would seem to imply that women crave brutality and abuse,” she said. “It does not show a great respect for either women themselves or their minds.”
― Mary Balogh, A Counterfeit Betrothal/The Notorious Rake

“Guilt can eat away at you and destroy the future as well as the past.”
― Mary Balogh, A Counterfeit Betrothal/The Notorious Rake