Julie Anne Long, What I Did For a Duke
"I suppose we all tend to want the impossible. And sometimes in attempting it we achieve something near enough to the impossible to elicit satisfaction."
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"I suppose we all tend to want the impossible. And sometimes in attempting it we achieve something near enough to the impossible to elicit satisfaction."
Julie Anne Long, What I Did For a Duke
"Their faces were inches apart now, and he traced her lips with one finger, lightly, lightly, then placed his lips there as if heβd drawn them into being."
Julie Anne Long, What I Did For a Duke
"But now he understood why someone would write things like 'she walked in beauty like the night' and so forth. Because poetry was a barrier against raw emotions. It distilled them into bearable music, allowed one to accommodate them a little at a time."
Julie Anne Long, What I Did For a Duke
"It isn't a weakness to accept kindness. It isn't a weakness to allow yourself to be cared for."
Julie Anne Long, What I Did For a Duke
"Of course you're sorry. The first words out of the mouths of men who are caught doing something they're only too happy to continue until they're caught."
Julie Anne Long, What I Did For a Duke
"He leaned in for a sniff. 'Smells like a horse's arse! I've got Ian!' -'No sniffing allowed! We never discussed sniffing! I cry foul!' Ian was outraged. 'I'm not giving you a shilling!' -'Give him a shilling! It's not his fault you smell like a horse's arse!"
Julie Anne Long, What I Did For a Duke
"He would ask nothing else from life if he would be allowed to protect and cherish her for the rest of his."
Julie Anne Long, What I Did For a Duke
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