I'm not short, Daisy muttered. Short women are never mysterious, or elegant, or pursued by handsome men. And they're always treated like children. I refuse to be short.
I never take advice, good or bad. That would only encourage more of it.
I forced myself to take another bite of bread, chewing casually. But inside I felt stricken, filled with unexpected yearning. And I realized the problem: no one I knew would have come up with that day...
I didn't know that, you take your coffee seriously, dont you?''Every morning, I run to the coffeemaker like a soldier returning to a lost love after the war.
I am illegitimate, she said distinctly, as if he were a foreigner trying to learn English. You are a viscount. You can't marry a bastard.What about the Duke of Clarence? He had ten bastard children by...
He was so far from the gallant knights in her romantic fantasies ... He was tarnished, scarred, imperfect.Deliberately he had destroyed any illusions she might have had about him, exposing his mysteri...
Having regrets is the only sign that you’ve done anything interesting with your life.
Good God, she really did walk in circles. A pang of tenderness centered in Gabriel’s chest like an ache. He wanted all her circles to lead back to him.
Evie, he whispered, you’re so warm, so lovely…oh, hell. I’ve got two months, thirteen days and six hours before I can take you to my bed. Little she-devil. This is going to be the death of me.
Evie came his faint whisper I’m going to your mother see…she’s got ’em to leave a back door open…so I can steal into ’eaven.
Evie gave birth later that year to a high-spirited girl with flame-colored curls, leading St. Vincent to the conclusion that it was his destiny to be loved by many red-haired women. He was very please...
Darlin'...I know what you look like when you've been kissed.
Dad, I said hesitantly, I wish you could be there for me even when I'm doing the wrong thing. I wish you could love me even when I'm screwing up.
Can't you just tell me now?No, I need someone to eat with.A slight smile rose to my lips. Am I supposedto believe that I'm your only option?No. But you're my favorite option.
But when you started dating someone, you could never be sure what you were getting into. You had to give someone a chance to show you who he really was . . . and believe him when he did.
But it was too late now. A lifetime too late. A million wishes too late.
But I hadn't known what love was. And I wondered how you could ever be sure, when you thought you loved someone, if you really did.
Before you marry, you have to get shot by an arrow and fall in love, the boy explained. He paused thoughtfully. But I don’t think the rest of it hurts as much as the beginning.
Be careful dear that you don’t end up as the queen of a lonely kingdom
As Marcus considered various ways to open the subject of Daisy, Swift surprised him with a blunt statement. My lord, there is something I would like to discuss with you.Marcus adopted a pleasantly enc...