How to Lose a Duke in Ten Days Quotes

“I never understood until this happened to me was that if one’s always going to new places, one never stops long enough to see the beauty in the old places.”
― Laura Lee Guhrke, How to Lose a Duke in Ten Days

“I shouldn't wish to be a tease. To... lead you on."

He smiled. "That's my look-out, not yours."

She considered that, doubtfully. "There are some men who would disagree."

His smile vanished. "Then they are worthless curs, not men.”
― Laura Lee Guhrke, How to Lose a Duke in Ten Days

“came to her, not the athletic, graceful leopard of the ballroom at Hanford House but her very own wounded animal. Her husband. Her lover. Her best friend.”
― Laura Lee Guhrke, How to Lose a Duke in Ten Days

“But I do know about fear. I’ve faced it, more than once. That’s what one has to do with fear, by the way. Face it and defeat it because you can’t ever run far enough or fast enough to escape from it.”
― Laura Lee Guhrke, How to Lose a Duke in Ten Days

“She would continue to be mistress of her own life. She would be no victim, not of her circumstances, not of Fate, and certainly not of any man. Not ever again.”
― Laura Lee Guhrke, How to Lose a Duke in Ten Days

“Like a phoenix rising from ashes, she had created a new life for herself out of the wreckage of the old one, and it suited her down to the ground. She was a duchess with no duke, a mistress with no master, and much to the bafflement of society, she liked it that way. Her life was comfortable, safe, and as predictable as a finely tuned machine, every aspect within her control.”
― Laura Lee Guhrke, How to Lose a Duke in Ten Days

“Even out of bad things, good things can happen. Even things that are sordid or painful can lead to things that are beautiful.”
― Laura Lee Guhrke, How to Lose a Duke in Ten Days

“He's the sort of man who wants power. He doesn't have it, but he thinks he's entitled to it by birthright. He's incapable of earning what he wants, so he wants what he hasn't earned. The sort of man who, if he wants something, thinks it's all right to take it.”
― Laura Lee Guhrke, How to Lose a Duke in Ten Days

“There was fear, of course. That was always with her, something she'd accepted and learned to live with a long time ago. But, right beside it, other emotions were pushing up, fighting for space and light and air. Things like excitement and desire, longing and hope. Agony and uncertainty. Things that made fear seem almost comfortable, like broken-in pair of leather shoes or a perfectly fitted glove. Fear, at least, was familiar.”
― Laura Lee Guhrke, How to Lose a Duke in Ten Days