Turning to Turnip, Miss Dempsey said, 'Do you think?'. 'As little as I can,' Turnip replied honestly.
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Lauren Willig
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Lauren Willig currently has 25 indexed quotes and 10 linked works on QuoteMust. This page is the canonical destination for that author archive.
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The Ashford Affair
The Betrayal of the Blood Lily
The Garden Intrigue
The Lure of the Moonflower
The Masque of the Black Tulip
The Mischief of the Mistletoe
The Other Daughter
The Secret History of the Pink Carnation
The Seduction of the Crimson Rose
The Temptation of the Night Jasmine
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He admired her for throwing off her aristocratic shackles -- his terms, that -- and making her own way in the world.He didn't realize that the truth was so much more complex, so much less impressive. She had less thrown than been thrown.
Amy wondered if Bonaparte could declare war on Miss Gwen alone without breaking his peace with England
It's the exile's dilemma. The home they yearn for is never the home to which they return. If they return.
No sin is original, no matter what the bright young things may hope. We're all merely playing to a theme.
For a long moment, he held her gaze without speaking, simply letting the impact of words sink in, before adding rapidly, as though he wished to get it over with as quickly as possible, "I won't deny that you're beautiful. No mirror could tell you otherwise. But there are beautiful women for the buying in any brothel in London. Oh yes, and the ballrooms, too, if one has the proper price. It wasn't your appearance that caught me. It was the way you put me down in the gallery at Sibley Court." Vaughn's lips curved in a reminiscent smile. "And the way you tried to bargain with me after." bargained," Mary corrected."That," replied Lord Vaughn, "is exactly what I mean. Has anyone ever told you that you haggle divinely? That the simple beauty of your self-interest is enough to bring a man to his knees?"Mary couldn't in honesty say that anyone had.Vaughn's eyes were as hard and bright as silver coins. "Those are the reasons I want you. I want you for your cunning mind and your hard heart, for your indomitable spirit and your scheming soul, for they're more honest by far than any of the so-called virtues.""The truest poetry is the most feigning?" Mary quoted back his own words to him."And the most feigning is the most true.
Miles was still mourning the loss of his Romantic Plan. 'There was going to be champagne, and oysters, and you' -- he held out both hands as though shifting a piece of furniture -- 'were going to be sitting there, and I was going to get down on one knee, and...and...