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Don't turn your back on your own happiness just to hug your pride.Nora Roberts
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He won't be one of those girlishly pretty men with curly gold hair... He'll be dark, dangerous, too. Brave, certainly, but not without flaws. I like my heroes human.Nora Roberts
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She sighed once, wishing she had a talent for the details of telling stories. She wasn't bad at themes, she mused, but she could never figure out how to turn a theme into an engaging tale. So she read instead, and admired those who could.Nora Roberts
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The charming king of Arilland had fallen in love at first sight. There was no question he would soon take this beautiful stranger as his bride. Fate had brought them together. Destiny. It was intoxicating.Alethea Kontis
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Everything in the world was about creativity: belief and creation. Storytelling was the essence of both.Alethea Kontis
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If the bird was made, it chose to be made. It's here because it chooses to be with you.Alethea Kontis
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There are four things that make a man fight as you just did, " the duke explained to Rumbold. "Love, despair, anger, or insanity." Erik counted them off on his fingers. "Everything to lose, nothing to lose, someone's taken it, or you've lost it.Alethea Kontis
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They say that secrets live at the bottom of a wine bottle. Mama had made it there the night before, slow glass by slow glass, but she'd never spoken a word.Alethea Kontis
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We are all fools blessed with the knowledge that certain events will come to pass no matter what path we take to get there. The wise ones follow their angels while they may.Alethea Kontis
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They know their crime, " she said. "They know their shame.Alethea Kontis
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He was furious with himself for having lived these last days on a wish. On a lie. A kiss does not make the future. Love alone does not make a life.Alethea Kontis
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Her heart was an invalid convinced that it would not survive many more sunsets.Alethea Kontis
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No, " Wednesday agreed. "You have tortured with silence. You let her grieve for a soul she did not lose, mourn a heart that should not have broken, and berate herself for betraying the man she loves...with the man she loves. It can't be 'true' love without the truth, Rumbold.Alethea Kontis