Talk Sweetly to Me Quotes

“I would never interrupt you," he told her. "I love it when you talk Sweetly to me.”
― Courtney Milan, Talk Sweetly to Me

“You're trying to charm me with mathematics," she said.

"It's it working?"

She looked up at him. Yes, said her dark eyes, shining up at him. Yes, said the past of her lips, the fingers that drew up to brush her hair. Yes, said the tilt of her body in his direction.

"No," she told him with a firm shake of her head. "It isn't.”
― Courtney Milan, Talk Sweetly to Me

“Rose, did you just lie to me about mathematics to get me into bed?” He laughed. “I don’t think I’ve ever been so flattered.”
― Courtney Milan, Talk Sweetly to Me

“She looked like a woman talking about astronomical parallax, and that made her brilliantly beautiful.”
― Courtney Milan, Talk Sweetly to Me

“I'm tired of having to remind myself that the women who are after me wish only an experience or a reputation and not a lifetime. I'm tired of holding myself back. I'm tired of having to flatten all but the barest hint of affection."

Her breath caught.

"I'm tired," he said, "Of not letting myself fall in love.”
― Courtney Milan, Talk Sweetly to Me