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The more enchanted the idyll, greater must be the pain of its ending.Georgette Heyer
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...Gentlemen don't understand anything, however wise they may be.Georgette Heyer
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His attention caught, her companion raised his eyes from the book which lay open beside him on the table and directed them upon her in a look of aloof enquiry. 'What's that? Did you say something to me, Venetia?''Yes, love, ' responded his sister cheerfully, 'but it wasn't of the least consequence, and in any event I answered for you. You would be astonished, I daresay, if you knew what interesting conversations I enjoy with myself.Georgette Heyer
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O God, I love you to the edge of madness, Venetia, but I'm not mad yet--not so mad that I don't know how disastrous it might be to you--to us both! You don't realize what an advantage I should be taking of your innocence!Georgette Heyer
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As soon as one promises not to do something, it becomes the one thing above all others that one most wishes to do.Georgette Heyer