No, Susanna, " he said. "I cannot love you just a little. If that's what you want, you must find a different man." His green eyes were breathtaking in their intensity. His thumb brushed her bottom lip. "Because I can only love you entirely. With everything I am, and everything I ever will be. Body, mind, heart, soul. Tessa Dare
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“No, Susanna, “ he said. “I cannot love you just a little. If that’s what you want, you must find a different man.” His green eyes were breathtaking in their intensity. His thumb brushed her bottom lip.

“Because I can only love you entirely. With everything I am, and everything I ever will be. Body, mind, heart, soul.” This quote has an interesting meaning to it, but what is the story behind this quote? This quote is based on the novel "Pride and Prejudice", written by Jane Austen in 1813.

Ms. Austen wrote this book after she had finished her first novel that was published in 1813 called "Sense and Sensibility." During this time period there was a lot of talk about love and marriage in society. The novel "Pride and Prejudice" revolved around the relationship of Elizabeth Bennet and Mr. Darcy, who both fall in love with each other at first sight while visiting Mr.

Darcy's aunt's home in Bath England. The novel is set between December 1795- August 1798 which was during the Regency Era when women had no rights or control over their own lives. Mrs. Bennet, the matriarch of the Bennet family states that she would rather have one of her daughters married to a man who is poor than to one who is rich because rich men are unreliable because they are not true gentlemen or they are so focused on money that they do not think about their family at all which is very disrespectful to their wives and children...

Source: A Night To Surrender

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