Standing still is always more tiring than walking
She was so beautiful it made her teeth ache.He made a mental note not to attempt poetry.
She didn't like to think she was so shallow that a mere dress could make her happy, but she had to concede that it gave her a new sense of self-confidence.
Shall we return to the dining room? Anthony queried. I imagine you're hungry, and if we tarry muchlonger, Colin is sure tohave eaten our host out of house and home.Eloise nodded. Either that, or they'...
Oh, go right ahead,' she replied. 'You seem to have such an affinity for canines.' 'Clearly,' he shot back, keeping his voice low so that Mary could not hear, 'they are not so different from women. Bo...
Oh, dear, he blurted out. Sophie gave him an odd look. He didn’t blame her. He sounded like a complete idiot. He didn’t think he’d uttered the phrase, Oh, dear, in years. If ever. Hell, he sounded lik...
No, she didn’t need someone perfect. She just needed someone perfect for her.
Most people don't laugh so much while they're kissing. He grinned boyishly and tweaked her nose.Belle tweaked his back. They don't? How unfortunate for them.
Lucy could feel herself slipping, sliding into need, falling into a hazy place of love and desire where right was not quite identifiable from wrong.
Listen to me, he said, his voice even and intense, and listen well, because I’m only going to say this once. I desire you. I burn for you. I can’t sleep at night for wanting you. Even when I didn’t y...
I’ll talk to my mother, she promised. If I’m sufficientlyannoying, I’m sure I can get the engagement periodcut in half.It makes me wonder, he said. As your future husband,should I be concerned by your...
It's far easier to shut yourself off from people than to love them. If you keep your heart surrounded by strong walls, no one can get close enough to you to break it.
It occurred to him that perhaps he ought not to have married a woman with such extraordinary eyes.
I'm right here,' Frances said gamely.'So you are,' Annie replied. 'Gold star for you.''It's really too bad that you don't have *actual* gold stars. I shouldn't have to pinch up my pin money each week....
I should love to see a ground-glass blue ocean
I had to do something, she said. I couldn't just sit and wait for life to happen to me any longer.
I don't want to destroy your dreams.''They were never my dreams until I met you ... a dream you gave me.''That doesn't mean I can take it away.
I am going to kill you, he hissed.She gulped. Don't you want to lecture me first?He stared at her with a heavy dose of stupefaction.I take that back, he said with precisely clippedwords. First I am go...
Her eyes were oceans, two oceans of -Good God, he thought disgustedly. No wonder his sister hated her. He'd been in her presence for less than a minute, and already he'd gone completely stupid.
Forget This was much closer to