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title: "1 Battering Ram Quotes By Lauren Willig"
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> [“The use of charm as a tool made her hackles rise. She respected a more direct approach. A battering ram approach. At least one knew where one stood with the battering ram, none of this butter-wouldn't-melt nonsense that could mean…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lauren-willig/the-use-of-charm-as-a-tool-made-her-hackles-rise-she-respected-a-more/)

[Lauren Willig](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lauren-willig/)

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## More by Lauren Willig

> [“This was what the poets couldn't put in their poetry, she thought dumbly, the rush of desire so fierce and pure it made one…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lauren-willig/this-was-what-the-poets-couldn-t-put-in-their-poetry-she-thought/)

[Lauren Willig](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lauren-willig/)

> [It was lovely to see cynicism in one so young. It positively restored his faith in human nature.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lauren-willig/it-was-lovely-to-see-cynicism-in-one-so-young-it-positively-restored/)

[Lauren Willig](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lauren-willig/)

> [“That's a good point, I suppose,' he said in that way people have when you've just said something that's so off the mark it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lauren-willig/that-s-a-good-point-i-suppose-he-said-in-that-way-people-have-when/)

[Lauren Willig](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lauren-willig/)

> [“Such kindness wasn't a gift but a goad, scraping against one's skin like a yoke of thorns. She would have preferred him stiff, defensive,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lauren-willig/such-kindness-wasn-t-a-gift-but-a-goad-scraping-against-one-s-skin/)

[Lauren Willig](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lauren-willig/)

> [“He admired her for throwing off her aristocratic shackles -- his terms, that -- and making her own way in the world. He didn't…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lauren-willig/he-admired-her-for-throwing-off-her-aristocratic-shackles-his-terms/)

[Lauren Willig](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lauren-willig/)

> [“From far across the sea I come, Through fire, frost,and blazing sun, That you might, with your own fair hand, Enjoy the bounties of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lauren-willig/from-far-across-the-sea-i-come-through-fire-frost-and-blazing-sun/)

[Lauren Willig](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lauren-willig/)

> [Hard to believe that so nearby, just across the Channel, such atrocities could still occur in their supposedly civilized world, that one could wake…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lauren-willig/hard-to-believe-that-so-nearby-just-across-the-channel-such/)

[Lauren Willig](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lauren-willig/)

> [“Her eyes were as hard and bright as stars. Not the pretty sort that poets mooned about, but the kind that made men's destinies.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lauren-willig/her-eyes-were-as-hard-and-bright-as-stars-not-the-pretty-sort-that/)

[Lauren Willig](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lauren-willig/)

> [“I’m not your gilded prince with the gilded chairs, Letty,” Geoff said simply. “I couldn’t be if I tried.” “I wouldn’t want you to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lauren-willig/i-m-not-your-gilded-prince-with-the-gilded-chairs-letty-geoff-said/)

[Lauren Willig](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lauren-willig/)

> [“After an initial startled gasp, his intended bride dissolved into his arms, returning his kiss with more fervor than she had ever shown before.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lauren-willig/after-an-initial-startled-gasp-his-intended-bride-dissolved-into-his/)

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> [Patience is only a virtue when there is something worth waiting for.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lauren-willig/patience-is-only-a-virtue-when-there-is-something-worth-waiting-for/)

[Lauren Willig](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lauren-willig/)

> [“Inside, the festivities would continue, probably well into the night, with flirtation and merriment and gratuitous use of mistletoe. It was an inexpressibly wearying…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lauren-willig/inside-the-festivities-would-continue-probably-well-into-the-night/)

[Lauren Willig](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lauren-willig/)

> [“Her eyes were as hard and bright as stars. Not the pretty sort that poets mooned about, but the kind that made men's destinies.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lauren-willig/her-eyes-were-as-hard-and-bright-as-stars-not-the-pretty-sort-that-2/)

[Lauren Willig](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lauren-willig/)

> [“I didn't know there could be an almost kiss. It seems like the sort of thing that either happens or it doesn't. Oh no...…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lauren-willig/i-didn-t-know-there-could-be-an-almost-kiss-it-seems-like-the-sort-of/)

[Lauren Willig](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lauren-willig/)

> [Why was it that cheering expressions were invariably so infuriating?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lauren-willig/why-was-it-that-cheering-expressions-were-invariably-so-infuriating/)

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