Slightly Dangerous Quotes

“And infatuated be damned. He was near to being blinded by his attraction to her. He was in love, damn it all. He disliked her, he resented her, he disapproved of almost everything about her, yet he was head over ears in love with her, like a foolish schoolboy.
He wondered grimly what he was going to do about it.

He was not amused.

Or in any way pleased.”
― Mary Balogh, Slightly Dangerous

“I would be consumed by you,' she said, and blinked her eyes furiously when she felt them fill with tears. 'You would sap all the energy and all the joy from me. You would put out all the fire of my vitality.'

'Give me a chance to fan the flames of that fire,' he said, 'and to nurture your joy.”
― Mary Balogh, Slightly Dangerous

“And of course the word love has many shades of meaning, as do many, many of the words in our living, breathing language”
― Mary Balogh, Slightly Dangerous

“I do not admire greatness that has no substance.”
― Mary Balogh, Slightly Dangerous

“But why always think the worst of people? What would she be doing to herself if she adopted that attitude to life? It was better to think the best and be wrong than to think the worst and be wrong.”
― Mary Balogh, Slightly Dangerous

“Yet now he felt that perhaps he had missed one of the few chances life offered to step off the wheel of routine and familiarity and duty to discover if there was joy somewhere beyond its turning.”
― Mary Balogh, Slightly Dangerous

“I believe I could stand the power of your light, Mrs. Derrick. My own identity would not be diminished by it. And yours would not be diminished by my power. You once told me I would sap your joy, but you belittle yourself if you truly believe it. Joy can be sapped only by weakness. I am not, I believe, a weak man.”
― Mary Balogh, Slightly Dangerous

“If I had thought I would ever be part of a conspiracy to matchmake for Wulfric, Aidan said sternly, opening the door to usher everyone out, I would have shot myself on some battlefield and blamed the French.”
― Mary Balogh, Slightly Dangerous

“I want to have you now, here on that bed. I want it as a free expression of what I feel for you and what perhaps you feel for me. No commitments, no obligations--unless they are consequences, which you told me once before are unlikely. Will you lie with me?”
― Mary Balogh, Slightly Dangerous

“I love winter landscapes too, she said. They have all the appearance of death but all the potential for resurrection. One understands the full power and mystery and glory of life during winter. And then comes spring. Oh, how I adore springtime!”
― Mary Balogh, Slightly Dangerous

“You do not seem like the sort of man who could be offended, especially by someone as lowly as me. But if I offended you, I am sorry.”
― Mary Balogh, Slightly Dangerous

“I can offer you everything you can ever have dreamed of.

Can you?, she asked sharply. A husband with a warm personality and human kindness and a sense of humor? Someone who loves people and children and frolicking and absurdity? Someone who is not obsessed with himself and his consequence? Someone who is not ice to the very core? Someone with a heart? Someone to be a companion and friend and lover? This is everything I have every dream of, your grace. Ca you offer it all to me? Or any of it? Any one thing?”
― Mary Balogh, Slightly Dangerous

“We all have our own separate destinies to live out,”
― Mary Balogh, Slightly Dangerous

“Los ojos suelen ser el punto débil de cualquier disfraz, ¿sabe usted? Porque el portador del mismo debe ver el mundo y debe dejarlos expuestos por muy bien que oculte el resto de su persona. Sin embargo, sus ojos son su disfraz... o al menos son la parte más importante. Me es imposible vislumbrar siquiera un trocito de su alma por mucho que los mire.”
― Mary Balogh, Slightly Dangerous

“And some people have the gift of speaking the
truth and convincing their listeners that it is a lie.”
― Mary Balogh, Slightly Dangerous