--- title: "1 False pride Quotes By Melanie Dickerson" description: "1 False pride quotes by Melanie Dickerson. Plus more from Melanie Dickerson and more False pride sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/790/melanie-dickerson-1953_christian-fiction_why-could-he-not-have-chosen-some-other_2745075.jpg" --- > [“Why could he not have chosen some other woman? Why Avelina? But he knew why. It was because she had seemed good and kind and had expressed her thoughts without any false pride or pretense. He had admired her forthrightness…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/melanie-dickerson/why-could-he-not-have-chosen-some-other-woman-why-avelina-but-he-knew/) [Melanie Dickerson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/melanie-dickerson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/790/melanie-dickerson-1953_christian-fiction_why-could-he-not-have-chosen-some-other_2745075.jpg) ## More by Melanie Dickerson > [“Lord Thornbeck lifted her onto the saddle. He looked her in the eye, and her breath stilled in her chest. There was such an…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/melanie-dickerson/lord-thornbeck-lifted-her-onto-the-saddle-he-looked-her-in-the-eye/) [Melanie Dickerson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/melanie-dickerson/) > [“Thank you for saving my life.” His voice was rough and thick, and his throat bobbed. Her heart thumped against her chest. As he…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/melanie-dickerson/thank-you-for-saving-my-life-his-voice-was-rough-and-thick-and-his/) [Melanie Dickerson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/melanie-dickerson/) > [“I do like Jorgen.” She sighed. A tingle went down her arms as she imagined his face, his smile, his eyes, the way he…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/melanie-dickerson/i-do-like-jorgen-she-sighed-a-tingle-went-down-her-arms-as-she/) [Melanie Dickerson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/melanie-dickerson/) > [“He had danced with fair maidens before, but Odette was different. She was graceful and beautiful, but there was something in her eyes and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/melanie-dickerson/he-had-danced-with-fair-maidens-before-but-odette-was-different-she/) [Melanie Dickerson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/melanie-dickerson/) > [“Oh, that is very generous of you.” And thoughtful. Her heart stirred strangely inside her as she looked up into his warm brown eyes.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/melanie-dickerson/oh-that-is-very-generous-of-you-and-thoughtful-her-heart-stirred/) [Melanie Dickerson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/melanie-dickerson/) > [“JORGEN KISSED HER like a man dying of thirst and she was the only source of water. He took her breath away. Odette was…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/melanie-dickerson/jorgen-kissed-her-like-a-man-dying-of-thirst-and-she-was-the-only/) [Melanie Dickerson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/melanie-dickerson/) > [“You like Jorgen. Ja, go on,” Anna prompted her. “Jorgen is . . .” “Kind? Handsome? In love with you?” “In love with me?…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/melanie-dickerson/you-like-jorgen-ja-go-on-anna-prompted-her-jorgen-is-kind-handsome-in/) [Melanie Dickerson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/melanie-dickerson/) > [“He could neither love her nor marry her. Besides, she was impertinent and opinionated, two of the very worst traits a woman could have.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/melanie-dickerson/he-could-neither-love-her-nor-marry-her-besides-she-was-impertinent/) [Melanie Dickerson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/melanie-dickerson/) > [“A shiver went up her spine. Part of her wanted to lean toward him so she could see deeper into his brown eyes, to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/melanie-dickerson/a-shiver-went-up-her-spine-part-of-her-wanted-to-lean-toward-him-so/) [Melanie Dickerson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/melanie-dickerson/) > [“Reinhart frowned at him. “I am surprised you are so quick to allude to your new wife’s lawbreaking activities.” “She would not be breaking…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/melanie-dickerson/reinhart-frowned-at-him-i-am-surprised-you-are-so-quick-to-allude-to/) [Melanie Dickerson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/melanie-dickerson/) > [“She had no right to enjoy his touch. She was a terrible friend in that moment, because she wanted him. Oh, how she wanted…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/melanie-dickerson/she-had-no-right-to-enjoy-his-touch-she-was-a-terrible-friend-in-that/) [Melanie Dickerson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/melanie-dickerson/) > [“How can I ever be content married to anyone else but him? “Foolish, foolish girl.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/melanie-dickerson/how-can-i-ever-be-content-married-to-anyone-else-but-him-foolish/) [Melanie Dickerson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/melanie-dickerson/) > [ “I'm proud of my carefree behaviour \[...\] I am boisterous, when I choose to be, and simply because I don't behave like a wan… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/melanie-dickerson/i-m-proud-of-my-carefree-behaviour-i-am-boisterous-when-i-choose-to/) [Melanie Dickerson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/melanie-dickerson/) > [“What she wanted was for him to kiss her again. But they should not be kissing at all!”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/melanie-dickerson/what-she-wanted-was-for-him-to-kiss-her-again-but-they-should-not-be/) [Melanie Dickerson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/melanie-dickerson/) > [“Avelina raised her hand to her face, the one Lord Thornbeck had squeezed a moment ago, and was overcome by his familiar scent—the smell…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/melanie-dickerson/avelina-raised-her-hand-to-her-face-the-one-lord-thornbeck-had/) [Melanie Dickerson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/melanie-dickerson/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/false-pride/melanie-dickerson/#itemlist", "name": "1 False pride Quotes By Melanie Dickerson", "numberOfItems": 1, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“Why could he not have chosen some other woman? Why Avelina? But he knew why. 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