“Was not love a terrible thing? One thought one had learned to manage it, and then it sprang free again, rattling its… — Meredith Duran Copy Share Image
“His slow smile might haved lured angels from heaven, flocking noisily, arms outstretched,happy to burn for him.” — Meredith Duran Copy Share Image
“A monopoly on knowledge is tantamount to a monopoly on everything else of value” — Meredith Duran Knowledge Copy Share Image
“Some women would never know a touch like this. They would never know what they deserved. But she knew” — Meredith Duran Copy Share Image
“On a breath, he leaned forward. It was such a small space to close. Such an infinite distance to cross.” — Meredith Duran Breath Copy Share Image
“The hand of a woman may be soft, but her reach is long. And its subtlety does not make it any less… — Meredith Duran Drama Copy Share Image
“I deserve better —such a dangerous, mad thought for a woman to entertain.” — Meredith Duran Copy Share Image
“Surely this is what death would be like: nothingness, oblivion, as the world continued to turn, heedless of her absence.” — Meredith Duran Death Copy Share Image
“When he entered after her, she saw that he meant to come straight to her, and she raised a hand. "No," she… — Meredith Duran Copy Share Image
“I'm here," he said into her ear, as the tears came faster. "Emma, I'm here with you now. Listen to me: I… — Meredith Duran Copy Share Image
“Lord John: 'The court has suffered most sorely for your absence. We hardly know where to find our amusement now.' Lady Nora:… — Meredith Duran Amusement Copy Share Image
“a small mole marked the corner of her right eye, as if the devil had pressed a dark kiss to the tender… — Meredith Duran Copy Share Image
“—that if she touched him right now, their flesh would recognize each other. The wildest thought: these scars, his and hers, would… — Meredith Duran Copy Share Image
“No, thank you. I prefer my liquor cold.' 'Right. Or in a pipe, I suppose.' Phin's brow lifted. 'What a clumsy way… — Meredith Duran Copy Share Image
“To be studious was to be the opposite of boring, she had believed; it was to be so interested, so madly curious,… — Meredith Duran Heart Copy Share Image
“Now there was the rustling of skirts, and it kicked up her smell, that distinctive blend of vanilla and violets, lavender and… — Meredith Duran Flowers Copy Share Image
“You are far from bloodless,” he said into her ear. “On the contrary. You stick your chin out and practically invite people… — Meredith Duran Copy Share Image
“After a long moment, the Countess sat back down. "So," she said. "You … do love her. I must say, you look… — Meredith Duran Copy Share Image
“He thought back to the first moment in Hong Kong when he had wanted her and recoiled. That, perhaps, was when his… — Meredith Duran Hong kong Copy Share Image
“She spoke all the right words, Miss Boyce did. But the stiff set of her shoulders, and the fisting of her hands,… — Meredith Duran Copy Share Image
“The flesh was weak, but it was not dumb. It had its own animal intelligence. In her husband's bed her body had… — Meredith Duran Animal intelligence Copy Share Image
“She had wanted wings, and now she was drifting, held together only by the pulsing perimeters of her skin. Even the floor… — Meredith Duran Copy Share Image
“He might have taken her inscrutability to mean there was no depth to her, but even their short acquaintance proved otherwise. Conversely,… — Meredith Duran Lower class Copy Share Image
“He could not admire her destructive loyalty to her brother. But it was born of the steel at her core. As a… — Meredith Duran Copy Share Image
“In love my temperament found a new taste for life: it found a cure for the pain, and a pain without cure.'"… — Meredith Duran Life Copy Share Image
“So you hate me now,' she said quietly. 'How convenient for you. As though everything I did for you no longer counts,… — Meredith Duran Copy Share Image
“If a woman could win love with her body, the world would have no bastards.” — Meredith Duran Feminism Copy Share Image
“Your wit is an education for me, Miss Boyce. I’d not realized that cleverness could coincide with such feminine graces.” — Meredith Duran Copy Share Image
“He sneers so regularly that I suspect he shaves his mustache only to spare his nose the whisker burn.” — Meredith Duran Copy Share Image
“Perhaps he was never himself but with her. Or rather, with her, he was more than himself” — Meredith Duran Copy Share Image
“What modern art required was an imagination drawn to possibilities, rather than braced by smug presumptions.” — Meredith Duran Art Copy Share Image
“You came for me,” she whispered. His hand wound through her hair, cradling her. “I will always come for you,” he said.” — Meredith Duran Love Copy Share Image
“Manners, you see, come down to a single principle: talk of nothing that might actually prove interesting.” — Meredith Duran Humour Copy Share Image
“the kiss he gave her when he pulled her head down was slow and deep, a leisurely address that reached into her… — Meredith Duran Copy Share Image
“He smiled. "How kind of you to confirm what I already know. Perhaps next you will introduce me to myself. I hear… — Meredith Duran Confirm Copy Share Image
“Some people were like that; they could not escape criticism, because they never quite managed to convince themselves of the role everyone… — Meredith Duran Criticism Copy Share Image
“You interest me,' he said, and his tone suggested this fact itself surprised him, meant something more to him than perhaps it… — Meredith Duran Life Copy Share Image
“Perhaps Nora was right: God watched but did not concern Himself with this kingdom. In His son He had exhausted His interest… — Meredith Duran Judgment Copy Share Image
“If Gerry were dying of thirst and spotted Alex two feet from a well, he still would not think he required his… — Meredith Duran Copy Share Image
“There had seemed no other way to view her, not until that moment when he'd fallen from the window. Rude shock: running… — Meredith Duran Shock Copy Share Image
