Not That Duke Quotes

“He didn’t adore Stella. He craved her, like water in a desert.”
― Eloisa James, Not That Duke

“I’m on fucking fire for you,” he rasped. “For you, Stella. You are mine. I need you. And in case you’re wondering, betrothed men and women do not feel like this normally.”
― Eloisa James, Not That Duke

“Men like to be listened to, and they all think they have something worth saying.”
― Eloisa James, Not That Duke

“But a first choice is not always the right choice.”
― Eloisa James, Not That Duke

“A concubine entices a man for the evening in exchange for coin,” Stella mused. “A lady is supposed to entice a man as well, and she doesn’t even get paid for it.”
― Eloisa James, Not That Duke

“They were looking for lovable women. Stella would be the first to admit that she failed on that front. She was too awkward, too outspoken, too argumentative. Too peculiar.”
― Eloisa James, Not That Duke

“One thing was clear. He had to convince Stella that he chose her. That he would choose her next time, the next day, the next year, in another life. That she was the only one he ever truly wanted, and the only woman he could have lived with.”
― Eloisa James, Not That Duke

“His eyes gleamed hungry, even desperate. “I want you,” he murmured. “Exactly as you are, every curve, every freckle—everything.”
― Eloisa James, Not That Duke

“I wouldn’t have been their choice, their first choice,” Stella said. The words hung in the air between them. She hadn’t been his first choice, either, and they both knew it.”
― Eloisa James, Not That Duke

“I don’t just want to kiss you, Stella. I want to ravish you.”
― Eloisa James, Not That Duke

“Better a happy spinster than an unhappy duchess.”
― Eloisa James, Not That Duke

“She’d spent her entire life playing second fiddle to perfection. She’d spent her life never being loved for being herself. She’d be damned if she accepted a lifetime of the same.”
― Eloisa James, Not That Duke

“I will find a man who adores me, or I’ll buy a house next to a bookstore and live happily by myself,” she concluded, shaking out her skirts.”
― Eloisa James, Not That Duke

“No wonder women wore layers of clothing. They had so much beauty to hide.”
― Eloisa James, Not That Duke

“Normally, ladies didn’t go around leaking knowledge like a sieve.”
― Eloisa James, Not That Duke