Seven Secrets of Seduction Quotes

“Beauty is something that is hard to debate. Every man thinks his ideal the best. But the wittiest woman rise to the top of this structure, conventional beauty often taking a back seat to a woman possessed of a clever tongue.”
― Anne Mallory, Seven Secrets of Seduction

“No one is fine on his own. People just say they are.”
― Anne Mallory, Seven Secrets of Seduction

“You read a lot?" Galina finally asked.
"Yes. It's an escape into another world." She tried to keep her words light instead of sad, thoughts of her family in her head. "Sometimes that is the best part of a hard day.”
― Anne Mallory, Seven Secrets of Seduction

“Sometimes one appears to have more freedom than one actually possesses. It is easy to see what one wishes to see.”
― Anne Mallory, Seven Secrets of Seduction

“Lies from the closest to you are often the most numerous and paralyzing.”
― Anne Mallory, Seven Secrets of Seduction

“I suppose I will just have to make sure that I marry someone I look forward to curling around every morning. Whom I can't be without before breakfast. Or in the noon. Whom I need to race home to see after each appointment. Determined to lock her in my rooms, not because I need to hide anything but because I'd just as soon have her all to myself. To look upon her beloved face and hear her lips whisper in my ear.”
― Anne Mallory, Seven Secrets of Seduction

“Sometimes the measure of a person can only be gleaned through his interactions with others.”
― Anne Mallory, Seven Secrets of Seduction

“For someone with so many books and such desire to obtain new copies, you seem awfully ambivalent about them.” “I know their power and impact. It is all about perception, is it not, Miss Chase?” She studied him. “I like to think it is about content, Lord Downing. But perception does lay a gloss on the surface. A finger must but swirl beneath.”
― Anne Mallory, Seven Secrets of Seduction

“Sometimes the world is better off if one always defaults to option number two.”
― Anne Mallory, Seven Secrets of Seduction

“Better to leave dreams behind and go forward with purpose.”
― Anne Mallory, Seven Secrets of Seduction

“Books allow readers to determine what they wish. People often aren't quite as forgiving if you don't read or see exactly what they wish you to.”
― Anne Mallory, Seven Secrets of Seduction

“I have little talent with the pen, I assure you.” He gazed at his son, then back to where the man at the entrance had stood. “But I admire those who do.” He smiled again. “And I can’t help but be enraptured by story. And desirous to stick my untalented pen in places where it doesn’t belong to make a tale dance to my bidding.”
― Anne Mallory, Seven Secrets of Seduction

“Come, what secret describes this scene?” “Enjoy everything around you, even if you’ve seen it a thousand times before?” She said it as lightly as she could, as was often the case around him. She never knew whether to treat his attention as lingering amusement or seriousness. His fingers touched her chin, lifting it softly. “Even should I see you a thousand times. Each time would be a new lure.”
― Anne Mallory, Seven Secrets of Seduction

“You will be my conscience, and I will be your shame.”
― Anne Mallory, Seven Secrets of Seduction

“Rumors often reflect the wishes of others.”
― Anne Mallory, Seven Secrets of Seduction

“Beauty is something that is hard to debate. Every man thinks his ideal the best.” His eyes raked her hotly, and she felt her internal temperature increase like a kitchen stove overly stocked before being lit. “But the wittiest women rise to the top of this structure, conventional beauty often taking a backseat to a woman possessed of a clever tongue.”
― Anne Mallory, Seven Secrets of Seduction

“Foolhardy to put your trust where it is easy to create falsehood.”
― Anne Mallory, Seven Secrets of Seduction

“Every good seduction first begins with a baited hook.”
― Anne Mallory, Seven Secrets of Seduction

“You are wickedly droll, Lord Downing. However do you survive with such wit at your disposal?”
He smiled. “It is most troublesome.”
― Anne Mallory, Seven Secrets of Seduction

“To adventure into the figurative meanings of his words was where the inherent danger resided.”
― Anne Mallory, Seven Secrets of Seduction