You are not by any manner of means the sort of woman I am in search of as a wife, and I am in a totally different universe from the husband you hope to find. But I feel a powerful urge to kiss you, for all that.

Mary Balogh
About This Quote

When I was young, I had an older sister who was very pretty. She would always make fun of me because my hair was too short and I needed to shave my beard. It was a two-way street of teasing, but eventually it got too much for me. One day I decided that enough was enough and I ran up to her, grabbed her by the throat, lifted her off the ground, and said, “I am going to kill you right now!” Her little puppy-dog eyes filled with fear as she screamed “No!” and begged me to drop her. On the other side of the coin, this woman is an old lover.

She’s been around the block a few times and has made mistakes with men that have hurt her heart and left scars on her soul. Her marriage has become a prison for her and she has no desire to be the wife of man who loves his wife so little he doesn’t even kiss his children goodnight. He is a man who doesn't love his wife enough to want to fight for her.

Source: The Proposal

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