6 Quotes & Sayings By Sarah Miller

Sarah Miller, author of the new novel "Confirmed Bachelor," has had more than 15 years of experience in the media industry. She was a television production coordinator for three years, and has worked in editorial departments for newspapers, magazines, and book publishers. Her work has appeared in The Huffington Post, Reader's Digest, and many other print and online publications. She is also the author of "Confirmed Bachelorette" (2013), which won the 2013 RT Book Reviews Reviewers' Choice Award for Best Erotic Romance.

I'll pretend, I tell myself. Pretending is safer than believing.
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I'll pretend, I tell myself. Pretending is safer than believing. Sarah Miller
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My sisters and I sit together on a pair of suitcases. If we've forgotten anything, it's already too late -- our rooms have all been sealed and photographed. Anyway, Tatiana would say it's bad luck to return for something you've forgotten. Sarah Miller
It's different now, like pushing the stop lever on my...
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It's different now, like pushing the stop lever on my camera until nothing except the war can squeeze through the lens. Sarah Miller
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Maria cries unashamedly on my shoulder while I whisper and pet her cheek, but Anastasia grips my other hand and stares fiercely back at our Alexander Palace with her wet blue eyes until it is no more than a lemon-colored speck against the sunrise. Sarah Miller
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I wish I wasn't an imperial highness or an ex-grand duchess. I'm sick of people doing things to me because of what I am. Girl-in-white-dress. Short-one-with-fringe. Daughter-of-the-tsar. Child-of-the-ex-tyrant. I want people to look and see me, Anastasia Nikolaevna Romanova, not the caboose on a train of grand duchesses. Someday, I promise myself, no one will be able to hear my name or look at my picture and suppose they know all about me. Someday I will do something bigger than what I am. Sarah Miller