Heartbreaker Quotes

“I am a woman alive in the world, Your Grace. My existence is politics,”
― Sarah MacLean, Heartbreaker

“You are the most remarkable person I have ever known. Strong and brilliant and with more courage than I've ever seen in another. And more beautiful than any one person has cause to be. I've no interest in being freed from your clutches.”
― Sarah MacLean, Heartbreaker

“Ah, but then how would I ensure you would touch me?”
He expected her to blush and bluster. He did not expect her to look up at him through her pretty dark lashes like an absolute goddess and say, “You could try asking nicely.” He exhaled harshly at the words, loving them almost as much as he loved the wicked smile on her lips when she realized how she’d impacted him.”
― Sarah MacLean, Heartbreaker

“He shouldn't follow. He should sit alone and eat his supper and retire to his room, to rise early and get ahead of her, but should was no longer applicable for the Duke of Clayborn, not when must had taken over, when need was pulling him along behind her, a dog on a lead.”
― Sarah MacLean, Heartbreaker

“large groups of powerful men have little reason to make change.”
― Sarah MacLean, Heartbreaker

“I wished for you, strong and noble and kind and standing by my side. Protecting me. Loving me”
― Sarah MacLean, Heartbreaker

“I love you. My South London nipper. My North London darling”
― Sarah MacLean, Heartbreaker

“Dearest L
This is likely not the letter you wished to receive, or at least, it is not from the sender from whom you no doubt wished to receive it. And yet, it is imperative I write to say all the things that I wished to say this morning. The things you would not let me offer—in your misguided belief that I was acting too much a gentleman. What I feel now, in this moment, is nothing like gentle. I am full of anger for how you have been left. Full of rage for how you have been hurt. And full of hope for how you might heal. I have spent a lifetime knowing you. A lifetime loving you. And now, if you will have me, I wish to spend a lifetime by your side, as father to your children. What I have, I offer to you—a home, a hearth, and a future. I have never put much stock in the title; I have always believed that how a man lives is far more valuable than what the world calls him. But I find myself willing to make every possible argument in the hope that you will accept my offer. If it is land you wish for the babe, or wealth for him, or title, that is my offer. Consider him there, with you, already my heir. Already with a father who will be filled with pride at his every accomplishment. Here is all of it: you may have all that is mine if only you wish it. All I wish is a future that we might together call ours. Yours, always, Clayborn”
― Sarah MacLean, Heartbreaker

“I was ten when she died. Too late to forget her, too early to really remember her. She’s shadows and feelings and warmth and beauty in my memories. But I can’t quite reach them.” She nodded. “I did not know my mother, but sometimes I think I remember her.”⁠”
― Sarah MacLean, Heartbreaker

“The brute never had a chance. Clayborn’s fist flew with uncanny speed, straight into the larger man’s face, dropping him like a sack of flour, directly to the floor. “That will do!” Mary shouted, sounding half delighted and half relieved. “Oh, my!” Adelaide whispered, feeling wholly something else altogether.”
― Sarah MacLean, Heartbreaker

“Because we are here, in this room, together. And whatever unnerved you downstairs. Whoever unnerved you. Tonight . . . they shall have to come through me.”
― Sarah MacLean, Heartbreaker

“An idea sparked. She lifted her fork. "No." The word was firm, insistent, not to be disobeyed. Her attention flew to him and she stilled, "No?" "No." He said as though it was enough. She set it down.”
― Sarah MacLean, Heartbreaker

“You are beautiful.She shook her head. You make me think I could be.”
― Sarah MacLean, Heartbreaker

“And another…”
― Sarah MacLean, Heartbreaker