Maya Rodale Quotes

English women made it harder to get them naked than Tahitian women, but he was a practiced bloke at such important life skills.

His life was always like this moment -- almost brilliant, almost clever, almost and always not quite.

But fools wil persist in their madness, will they not?

When will your wedding be?"
"We haven't set a date yet."
"What of your dress?"
"I'm sure I shall wear one.

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He drank, as a man is wont to do when confronted with his innermost emotions, particularly ones pertaining to the heart.

For you, Lady Copley, Lady Agatha wishes you to have her china set, since you complimented it."

Blake bit back laughter at Lady Copley's expression. She had loathed the china set, obviously, and only complimented it as part of the games. But Agatha had known how to discern the truth from the lies.

An English gentleman is someone who knows exactly when to stop being one.

Like I am struck by my own brilliance?" "I was going to say maniacal," Harriet replied.

Of course we know that sexual promiscuity increases the likelihood of STIs, which is why we explore sexuality through romance - it's safer (and you don't have to shave your legs).

When a woman reads a romance novel, she is putting her own pleasure first. That small act of rebellion is perceived as a threat to the status quo. It's also why this eternally popular and profitable genre has been scorned, ridiculed and dismissed.

I hardly have any names on my dance card," Emma said, slightly despairing. This was not how she imagined her debut.
"There are just four names on mine," Olivia said. "But I think the gentlemen only agreed to escape my mother. I really can't blame them.

A picture began to emerge of a woman who possessed hope and optimism and gumption in spades in spite of wretched relatives and a world that never took much notice of her.

He leaned against the door. Lord save her from men who leaned.

Wealthy old woman + devious imagination - restraint = Aunt Agatha

Did love really require grand gestures? Wasn't true love to be found in the little things, like holding one's hand or sitting comfortably around a gentle fire?

Her curiosity would be the end of them both. "Chess. They are playing chess," he said, his voice oddly husky. "Chess? I think you meant chest. Yes, he has his hand on her chest," she murmured.

Fear drove people to do things they'd never imagine themselves capable of just to avoid it.

You must have faith in the duke, and in true love."
She groaned. "Easy for you to say! You are not in a wedding dress laced so tightly as to make it impossible to breathe, uncertain if your groom will arrive before suffocating to death. Though perhaps that would be preferable to life after being jilted at the altar.

The problem with longstanding friends
they felt utterly free to go too far and to enjoy every step they took over the line.

She was beautiful and had a way of manipulating a man with a terrifying combination of tears and seductive smiles.

Anger will give you strength, where fear will make you weak.

It's the obvious, painful example, yes. The scandalous thing, really, is that I do not believe the English are the most superior beings to ever breathe air. Do not dare repeat that to anyone or they'll revoke my title and execute me for treason.

Well, 'I'm sorry' is just a thing to say, you see. I'm trying not to be so apologetic and obsequious all the time. It's just such a habit ...

Once upon a time, when she still believed that somewhere, out there, was a man who would love her. Once upon a time, when young girl's dreams came true and happily ever after was just within reach.

In which they are alone now and there doesn't seem to be anyone around. Sometime

There was something nice about a man who was absorbed by a good book.

Women create an idealized, hopeful vision for the future to inspire other women. Fiction and fantasy are the crucial first steps to changing the world.

Passion ought to be tempered with restraint.

What does wine do to men?"
"It makes them more foolish at a higher volume.

Before her, with sharp blue eyes and perfectly coiffed blond hair, was Josephine Marie Elizabeth Cavendish, Her Grace, the Duchess of Durham, widow of the fifth duke, and aunt to the Cavendish siblings.
One did not call her Josie. Amelia had asked.

What are you reading?"
She replied without once taking her eyes off the page. "I am reading the sort of sentimental novel men dismiss as rubbish but could actually stand to learn a thing or two from."
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Lucy, why don't you go to the folly and see if perhaps there is a rake we might use to retrieve the bonnet," Charlotte suggested. She could not help but smirk at her own wit. Lucy would think the rake would refer to a garden implement, when actually Charlotte meant James.

I'm thinking, he said. To bed or not to bed his wife? That was the question.