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Squabbling over too little is just human nature. But it says a great deal about a person, what they do with abundance.Tessa Dare
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It was only a matter of time. She would love him before the week was out and it would be gloriously terrible, wonderfully hopeless.Tessa Dare
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I know how mirrors work. They're all in league with the cosmetics trade. They tell a woman lies. Drawing her gaze from one imagined flaw to another, until all she sees is a constellation of imperfections. If you could get outside yourself, borrow my eyes for just an instant... There is only beauty.Tessa Dare
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It seemed any young woman at odds with her place in life--be she a genteel lady or a serving girl--might find a happier home within the pages of a book.Tessa Dare
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You're an intensely attractive woman. You do know that, don't you?" To her silence, he replied, "You'd believe me if you could see yourTessa Dare
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Cleverness is like rouge - liberal application makes a woman look common and desperate. Wit is knowing how to apply it.Tessa Dare
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Her, ” he said. “I’ll take her.Tessa Dare
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This was now officially the most inane conversation in which Griff had ever been a participant–and that included a drunken debate with Del over ostrich racing.“ The color isn’t too awful?” She twisted a fold of the skirt. “The draper called it ‘dewy petal, ’ but your mother said the shade was more of a ‘frosted berry.’ What do you say?”“ I’m a man, Simms. Unless we’re discussing nipples, I don’t see the value in these distinctions.Tessa Dare
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Don’t. Don’t play that game.” His brow pressed to hers. “When I heard you cry out . . . it was like a saber to the gut. I wanted to die.Tessa Dare
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Why did men have to ruin everything? The answer was simple, she supposed–because foolish women gave them the chanceTessa Dare