“He see's the world the way cynics do; Not looking for false Hope.” — Meredith Duran Cynicism Copy Share Image
“This was reckless.” “Extremely. The best decisions generally are.” — Meredith Duran Decision making Copy Share Image
“Prepare for the worst, and pursue the fun: this was her philosophy” — Meredith Duran Philosophy Copy Share Image
“For a woman's words to wound would require a man to listen first!” — Meredith Duran Feminism Copy Share Image
“Words are not the only way we communicate, you and I. They never were.” — Meredith Duran Communication Copy Share Image
“She did not feel anything so boring as beautiful. She felt fierce.” — Meredith Duran Copy Share Image
“I deserve better —such a dangerous, mad thought for a woman to entertain.” — Meredith Duran Deserve 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 Love 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
“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
“Some women would never know a touch like this. They would never know what they deserved. But she knew” — Meredith Duran Deserved Copy Share Image
“A monopoly on knowledge is tantamount to a monopoly on everything else of value” — Meredith Duran Knowledge 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 Space Copy Share Image
“I'll draw up a list. [...] You can give me a general idea, if you like: hair color, eye color-" "None!" "None?… — Meredith Duran Eye color Copy Share Image
“...nobody belongs to that world...Nobody feels as if they belong, at any rate. They're all watching each other--fearful of the laughter coming… — Meredith Duran Goals Copy Share Image
“Georgie, you are a miracle. Clever without cruelty, kind without naïveté, beautiful without flaw. And I prayed nightly that you would be… — Meredith Duran Miracle Copy Share Image
“His arms banded about her so tightly that she felt nothing could break his hold. It calmed something in her that had… — meredith duran Calmed Trembling Copy Share Image
“Force persuades a person to speak, but it cannot guarantee his honesty. Quite the reverse: it will extract confessions from innocents and… — Meredith Duran History Copy Share Image
“She arched as his fingers dug into her spine; she wanted to slip inside his skin and inhabit this wondrous body of… — Meredith Duran 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 Ask 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
“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
“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 wished he could make her somehow indelibly his; that they were still children so they could cut their fingers and mingle… — Meredith Duran Children Copy Share Image
“I am as much a villain in my nature as a common thief on the high road,” he said. “Did you not… — Meredith Duran Crime 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 Another woman Copy Share Image
“Men made games of religion, did they not? They made God into a reason for warfare. Who was to say that He… — Meredith Duran Religion 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
“Olivia began the search feeling calm, numb even. She did not wish to break the chest unless she had to, and the… — Meredith Duran Copy Share Image
“For God's sake, Gwen," he said gently. "What matter that I love you. That's not the bit that's always been missing." Her… — Meredith Duran Gamble Copy Share Image
“Rather stupid creatures, aren't they?' he said to draw her eyes back to this. 'No. I find them quite - admirable, in… — Meredith Duran Copy Share Image
“And he wondered, suddenly, what sort of divide it created between them, that he knew pieces of her that she had never… — Meredith Duran Observation Copy Share Image
“And here is *your* test of courage, Lord Rivenham: did memories of me ever trouble your sleep, or did the painted ladies… — Meredith Duran Courage Copy Share Image
“Or perhaps, despite your brave words to my parents, you've forgotten what love and loyalty look like. They aren't sacraments, Jane, for… — Meredith Duran Family together Copy Share Image
“But here there were houses full of *stuff*, fancy sheets woven with silk floss as soft as a baby's bum; fancy washstands… — Meredith Duran Fancy Copy Share Image
“Your loyalty is not to me. Well do I know it, Nora ... You alone,' he whispered, 'among every creature in my… — Meredith Duran Loyalty Copy Share Image
“She handed it to him. His hand closed over hers. He drew her wrist to his mouth and pressed his lips against… — Meredith Duran Gaze Copy Share Image
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![“She arched as his fingers dug into her spine; she wanted to slip inside his skin and inhabit this wondrous body of his, to know what it was to move through the world as he did. [T]he world rose to meet him; it clamored for him. There was magic in him and she wanted it.” quote by Meredith Duran](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/5e8/meredith-duran-2968_quote_she-arched-as-his-fingers-dug-into-her-s_1998485.jpg)
