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> [“You’re one cruel bastard,” she managed to get out. He tsked with his tongue. “Everyone says that.” Then he took hold of her chin and locked his gaze with hers. “Sometimes you have to be cruel to be kind –…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dianna-hardy/you-re-one-cruel-bastard-she-managed-to-get-out-he-tsked-with-his/)

[Dianna Hardy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dianna-hardy/)

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## More by Dianna Hardy

> [“If she wanted this man to trust her, to open up to her, she would have to strip every last piece of herself away,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dianna-hardy/if-she-wanted-this-man-to-trust-her-to-open-up-to-her-she-would-have/)

[Dianna Hardy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dianna-hardy/)

> [“Time flies when you grow fangs and fur.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dianna-hardy/time-flies-when-you-grow-fangs-and-fur/)

[Dianna Hardy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dianna-hardy/)

> [“Then, things get hard, because once you know magic exists, you have to decide whether to be the bystander, or the magician … and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dianna-hardy/then-things-get-hard-because-once-you-know-magic-exists-you-have-to/)

[Dianna Hardy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dianna-hardy/)

> [“When mortality is the equation, we are but pawns in a game.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dianna-hardy/when-mortality-is-the-equation-we-are-but-pawns-in-a-game/)

[Dianna Hardy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dianna-hardy/)

> [“...today, I’m writing about the extraordinary; those ‘moments’ in life that reach us, and change us. Those moments take place all the time, really…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dianna-hardy/today-i-m-writing-about-the-extraordinary-those-moments-in-life-that/)

[Dianna Hardy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dianna-hardy/)

> [“You’re one cruel bastard,” she managed to get out. He tsked with his tongue. “Everyone says that.” Then he took hold of her chin…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dianna-hardy/you-re-one-cruel-bastard-she-managed-to-get-out-he-tsked-with-his/)

[Dianna Hardy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dianna-hardy/)

> [“And they said females were the moody ones. Yeah – right. No one did moods like Alpha male werewolves.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dianna-hardy/and-they-said-females-were-the-moody-ones-yeah-right-no-one-did-moods/)

[Dianna Hardy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dianna-hardy/)

> [“...you’d be amazed at the grand tales the human brain will throw up to make sense of something nonsensical.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dianna-hardy/you-d-be-amazed-at-the-grand-tales-the-human-brain-will-throw-up-to/)

[Dianna Hardy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dianna-hardy/)

> [“The one thing you should never do to a woman, whether you make love to her or fuck her, is apologise straight after.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dianna-hardy/the-one-thing-you-should-never-do-to-a-woman-whether-you-make-love-to/)

[Dianna Hardy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dianna-hardy/)

> [“She waited for him with shallow breaths, head thrown back, eyes half closed, completely exposed in her trust of him, and it unravelled the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dianna-hardy/she-waited-for-him-with-shallow-breaths-head-thrown-back-eyes-half/)

[Dianna Hardy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dianna-hardy/)

> [“We have choice,” she insisted. “This is it. We don’t get to choose our choices, Gwain, we just get to make the ones we’re…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dianna-hardy/we-have-choice-she-insisted-this-is-it-we-don-t-get-to-choose-our/)

[Dianna Hardy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dianna-hardy/)

> [“Love finds you, not the other way around, and you can’t run from it.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dianna-hardy/love-finds-you-not-the-other-way-around-and-you-can-t-run-from-it/)

[Dianna Hardy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dianna-hardy/)

> [“I love your independence, I love that you don't swoon, I love that you'll fight me with your last breath if you think I'm…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dianna-hardy/i-love-your-independence-i-love-that-you-don-t-swoon-i-love-that-you/)

[Dianna Hardy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dianna-hardy/)

> [“Don’t be sorry for the truth. A harsh truth is less damaging than a tender lie, and the worst lies are the ones we…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dianna-hardy/don-t-be-sorry-for-the-truth-a-harsh-truth-is-less-damaging-than-a/)

[Dianna Hardy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dianna-hardy/)

> [“Let me strip you piece by piece, exactly how you like it. Let me watch you shine through your brutal revelation.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dianna-hardy/let-me-strip-you-piece-by-piece-exactly-how-you-like-it-let-me-watch/)

[Dianna Hardy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dianna-hardy/)

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