--- title: "12 Gaze Quotes By Loretta Chase" description: "12 Gaze quotes by Loretta Chase. Plus more from Loretta Chase and more Gaze sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ee8/loretta-chase-2027_gaze_the-episode-he-said-you-mean-when-i-put_1962084.png" --- > [“The episode,” he said. “You mean when I put my tongue down your throat and lifted your skirts and put my hand…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/loretta-chase/the-episode-he-said-you-mean-when-i-put-my-tongue-down-your-throat/) [Loretta Chase](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/loretta-chase/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ee8/loretta-chase-2027_gaze_the-episode-he-said-you-mean-when-i-put_1962084.png) > [“You did… that… on purpose," she said, fighting for breath. „Assuredly. You could not think I kissed you by accident.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/loretta-chase/you-did-that-on-purpose-she-said-fighting-for-breath-assuredly-you/) [Loretta Chase](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/loretta-chase/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/71d/loretta-chase-2027_gaze_you-did-that-on-purpose-she-said-fightin_3090303.png) > [Just listen,” she said. “You can’t kill him in cold blood.” “Whyever not?” Ye gods grant me patience. “Because he’ll be dead,”…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/loretta-chase/just-listen-she-said-you-can-t-kill-him-in-cold-blood-whyever-not-ye/) [Loretta Chase](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/loretta-chase/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/236/loretta-chase-2027_blood_just-listen-she-said-you-can-t-kill-him_694147.png) > [He had relieved whores beyond counting of frocks, stays, chemises, garters, and stockings. He had never before in his life unbuttoned a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/loretta-chase/he-had-relieved-whores-beyond-counting-of-frocks-stays-chemises/) [Loretta Chase](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/loretta-chase/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7d1/loretta-chase-2027_committed_he-had-relieved-whores-beyond-counting-o_2879989.png) > [“Bertie’s gaze fell there and his blue eyes widened. “Deuce take you, Jess,” he said crossly. “Can’t a fellow trust you for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/loretta-chase/bertie-s-gaze-fell-there-and-his-blue-eyes-widened-deuce-take-you/) [Loretta Chase](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/loretta-chase/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fc0/loretta-chase-2027_gaze_bertie-s-gaze-fell-there-and-his-blue-ey_2712388.png) > [“Good God!" she cried. She rolled off him, tugging down her clothing. "Are you mad?" He blinked and dragged in air. "Well,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/loretta-chase/good-god-she-cried-she-rolled-off-him-tugging-down-her-clothing-are/) [Loretta Chase](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/loretta-chase/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e81/loretta-chase-2027_daphne_good-god-she-cried-she-rolled-off-him-tu_2308694.png) > [“It's about time you saw how fortunate you are. You have ... the most virile man in the world." He grinned, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/loretta-chase/it-s-about-time-you-saw-how-fortunate-you-are-you-have-the-most/) [Loretta Chase](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/loretta-chase/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/465/loretta-chase-2027_black-eyes_it-s-about-time-you-saw-how-fortunate-yo_1748716.png) > [Jessica, I know I've been...difficult," he said. "All the same—" "Difficult?" She looked up, her grey eyes wide, "You have been impossible.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/loretta-chase/jessica-i-know-i-ve-been-difficult-he-said-all-the-same-difficult-she/) [Loretta Chase](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/loretta-chase/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fc5/loretta-chase-2027_bed_jessica-i-know-i-ve-been-difficult-he-sa_1510968.png) > [“Clevedon was to take Marcelline shopping. ... 'If we're to get this done by the end of the day, you must come…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/loretta-chase/clevedon-was-to-take-marcelline-shopping-if-we-re-to-get-this-done-by/) [Loretta Chase](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/loretta-chase/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d15/loretta-chase-2027_end-of-the-day_clevedon-was-to-take-marcelline-shopping_1260474.png) > [“We have been wed scarcely three days," she said. "You do not desert your new bride for your sapskull friends. You will…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/loretta-chase/we-have-been-wed-scarcely-three-days-she-said-you-do-not-desert-your/) [Loretta Chase](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/loretta-chase/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fb4/loretta-chase-2027_bride_we-have-been-wed-scarcely-three-days-she_475841.png) > [“Clevedon,' she began. He turned back to her, the smile fading. 'You may not rake me over the coals,' he said. 'She…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/loretta-chase/clevedon-she-began-he-turned-back-to-her-the-smile-fading-you-may-not/) [Loretta Chase](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/loretta-chase/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d42/loretta-chase-2027_business_clevedon-she-began-he-turned-back-to-her_2330675.png) > [“You'll want all your strength for the wedding night." I cannot think why I should need strength," she said, ignoring a host…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/loretta-chase/you-ll-want-all-your-strength-for-the-wedding-night-i-cannot-think/) [Loretta Chase](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/loretta-chase/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ec8/loretta-chase-2027_continued_you-ll-want-all-your-strength-for-the-we_1626712.png) ## Other authors on Gaze ## More by Loretta Chase > [“Then came her voice in his ear: "I give myself to thee. I give myself to thee. I give myself to thee." And at…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/loretta-chase/then-came-her-voice-in-his-ear-i-give-myself-to-thee-i-give-myself-to/) [Loretta Chase](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/loretta-chase/) > [I don't know who had the training of you," he continued doggedly, "but your morals are shocking. You spent a night in my bed,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/loretta-chase/i-don-t-know-who-had-the-training-of-you-he-continued-doggedly-but/) [Loretta Chase](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/loretta-chase/) > [“Do you remember little Zoe Octavia Lexham?' he said. His aunt cast her pale blue gaze in the direction of the great chandelier, as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/loretta-chase/do-you-remember-little-zoe-octavia-lexham-he-said-his-aunt-cast-her/) [Loretta Chase](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/loretta-chase/) > [“She swallowed it. So bitter. "Vile," she said. "Vile." "I know, but it helps. Trust me. I know." "Trust you," she said. "Hah." "Clearly…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/loretta-chase/she-swallowed-it-so-bitter-vile-she-said-vile-i-know-but-it-helps/) [Loretta Chase](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/loretta-chase/) > [I love these pet names," she said, gazing soulfully up into his eyes, "Nitwit. Sap skull. Termagant. How they make my heart flutter!](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/loretta-chase/i-love-these-pet-names-she-said-gazing-soulfully-up-into-his-eyes/) [Loretta Chase](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/loretta-chase/) > [“Hers was a tone and manner that assured the listener they had only two choices; obedience or death.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/loretta-chase/hers-was-a-tone-and-manner-that-assured-the-listener-they-had-only/) [Loretta Chase](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/loretta-chase/) > [But I liked you from the moment I first heard your voice,” he said, “when I had no idea what you looked like. I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/loretta-chase/but-i-liked-you-from-the-moment-i-first-heard-your-voice-he-said-when/) [Loretta Chase](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/loretta-chase/) > [Just because I squeezed my gigantic bottom into men’s trousers, you needn’t assume my brains have shrunk to masculine size.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/loretta-chase/just-because-i-squeezed-my-gigantic-bottom-into-men-s-trousers-you/) [Loretta Chase](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/loretta-chase/) > [“Pomislila je da razumije kakva je to želja bila: privlačnost, moćno magnetsko strujanje između muškarca i žene, koje ih privlači bliže jedno drugome. Mislila…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/loretta-chase/pomislila-je-da-razumije-kakva-je-to-elja-bila-privla-nost-mo-no/) [Loretta Chase](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/loretta-chase/) > [“He'd forget all that, just as he would forget this night. The memories would linger for a time, but they'd grow dull. The ache…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/loretta-chase/he-d-forget-all-that-just-as-he-would-forget-this-night-the-memories/) [Loretta Chase](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/loretta-chase/) > [Life is not an opera. Scenes belong on the stage.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/loretta-chase/life-is-not-an-opera-scenes-belong-on-the-stage/) [Loretta Chase](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/loretta-chase/) > [Did you know you could kill a person with a hatpin?" she said."I did not," he said. "Do you speak from experience? Have you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/loretta-chase/did-you-know-you-could-kill-a-person-with-a-hatpin-she-said-i-did-not/) [Loretta Chase](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/loretta-chase/) > [You needn't consult me about redecorating. I know no female can live two days in a house and leave anything as it was. I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/loretta-chase/you-needn-t-consult-me-about-redecorating-i-know-no-female-can-live/) [Loretta Chase](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/loretta-chase/) > [“He knew there were no forevers and there was always a way out, yet he lost his way, lost his balance.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/loretta-chase/he-knew-there-were-no-forevers-and-there-was-always-a-way-out-yet-he/) [Loretta Chase](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/loretta-chase/) > [“By gad—do you mean to say I am as important a possession as your cattle?” She pressed her hand to her heart. “Oh, Dain,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/loretta-chase/by-gad-do-you-mean-to-say-i-am-as-important-a-possession-as-your/) [Loretta Chase](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/loretta-chase/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/gaze/loretta-chase/#itemlist", "name": "12 Gaze Quotes By Loretta Chase", "numberOfItems": 12, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“The episode,” he said. “You mean when I put my tongue down your throat and lifted your skirts and put my hand on your pudenda in that hardly-worth-mentioning way.” “It would be good of you not to mention it,” she said.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Loretta Chase" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/loretta-chase/the-episode-he-said-you-mean-when-i-put-my-tongue-down-your-throat/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ee8/loretta-chase-2027_gaze_the-episode-he-said-you-mean-when-i-put_1962084.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ee8/loretta-chase-2027_gaze_the-episode-he-said-you-mean-when-i-put_1962084.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ee8/loretta-chase-2027_gaze_the-episode-he-said-you-mean-when-i-put_1962084.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“The episode,” he said. “You mean when I put my tongue down your throat and lifted your skirts and put my…” — Loretta Chase", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“You did… that… on purpose,\" she said, fighting for breath. „Assuredly. 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She rolled off him, tugging down her clothing. \"Are you mad?\" He blinked and dragged in air. \"Well, yes,\" He said thickly. \"Lust does that to a man.\" \"You thought we would--you would-- do...that in public?\" \"I wasn't thinking about where we were.\" He said. Her eyes widened. \"I'm a man,\" he said with what he was sure must be, in the circumstances, saintly patience. \"I can do one or the other. Lovemaking or thinking. But not both at the same time.\" She stared at him for a moment. Then she drew up her knees and folded her arms upon them and buried her face in her folded arms. She did not pick up the rifle and knock him on the head with it. 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Repeatedly.\" His black eyes glinted. \"I will teach you a lesson you'll never forget. \" She tangled her fingers in his hair and brought his mouth to hers. \"My wicked darling,\" she whispered. \"I should like to see you try.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Loretta Chase" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/loretta-chase/it-s-about-time-you-saw-how-fortunate-you-are-you-have-the-most/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/465/loretta-chase-2027_black-eyes_it-s-about-time-you-saw-how-fortunate-yo_1748716.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/465/loretta-chase-2027_black-eyes_it-s-about-time-you-saw-how-fortunate-yo_1748716.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/465/loretta-chase-2027_black-eyes_it-s-about-time-you-saw-how-fortunate-yo_1748716.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“It's about time you saw how fortunate you are. You have ... the most virile man in the world.\" He grinned…” — Loretta Chase", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 8, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Jessica, I know I've been...difficult,\" he said. \"All the same—\" \"Difficult?\" She looked up, her grey eyes wide, \"You have been impossible. I begin to think you are not right in the upper storey. I knew you wanted me. The only thing I've never doubted was that. But getting you into bed— you, the greatest whoremonger in Christendom— gad, it was worse than the time I had to drag Bertie to the tooth-drawer. And if you think I mean to be doing that the rest of our days, you had better think again. The next time, my lord, you will do the seducing— or there won't be any, I vow.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Loretta Chase" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/loretta-chase/jessica-i-know-i-ve-been-difficult-he-said-all-the-same-difficult-she/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fc5/loretta-chase-2027_bed_jessica-i-know-i-ve-been-difficult-he-sa_1510968.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fc5/loretta-chase-2027_bed_jessica-i-know-i-ve-been-difficult-he-sa_1510968.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fc5/loretta-chase-2027_bed_jessica-i-know-i-ve-been-difficult-he-sa_1510968.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Jessica, I know I've been...difficult,\" he said. \"All the same—\" \"Difficult?\" She looked up, her grey eyes…” — Loretta Chase", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 9, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“Clevedon was to take Marcelline shopping. ... 'If we're to get this done by the end of the day, you must come with me ... I've no time to waste while a clerk dithers or tries to sell me something I don't want. I haven't time for dithering about prices. I need prompt, preferably obsequious attention. Entering with the Duke of Clevedon is a sure way to get that and more.' 'I assumed I'd come with you,' he said. 'Did you not notice how diligently I took notes?' She had noticed and wondered at it. She held her tongue, though, until they were in his carriage. And then it wasn't the notebook she asked about. 'I thought you loathed shopping with women above all things,' she said, remembering what he'd said to Lady Clara. 'That was before,' he said. 'Now you've made it *interesting*, curse you.' 'Interesting?' 'All the bustling about,' he said. 'All the drama. All that naked ambition coupled with passionate belief in the rightness of your vision. All that ... purpose. It amuses me to catch the occasional stray bit of purpose by trailing in your wake.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Loretta Chase" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/loretta-chase/clevedon-was-to-take-marcelline-shopping-if-we-re-to-get-this-done-by/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d15/loretta-chase-2027_end-of-the-day_clevedon-was-to-take-marcelline-shopping_1260474.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d15/loretta-chase-2027_end-of-the-day_clevedon-was-to-take-marcelline-shopping_1260474.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d15/loretta-chase-2027_end-of-the-day_clevedon-was-to-take-marcelline-shopping_1260474.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Clevedon was to take Marcelline shopping. ... 'If we're to get this done by the end of the day, you must…” — Loretta Chase", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 10, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“We have been wed scarcely three days,\" she said. \"You do not desert your new bride for your sapskull friends. You will not make a laughingstock of me. If you are unhappy with me, you say so, and we discuss it— or quarrel, if you prefer. But you do not—\" \"You do not dictate to me,\" he said levelly. \"You do not tell me where I may and may not go— or when — or with whom. I do not explain to you and you do not question. And you do not come into my room and throw temper fits.\" \"Yes, I do,\" she said. \"If you leave this house, I will shoot your horse out from under you.\" \"Shoot my—\" \"I will not permit you to desert me,\" she said. \"You will not take me for granted as Sherburne does his wife, and you will not make all the world laugh at me— or pity me —as they do her. If you cannot bear to miss your precious wrestling match, you can jolly well take me with you.\" \"Take you?\" His voice climbed. \"I'll bloody well take you, madam— straight to your room. And lock you in, if you can't behave yourself.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Loretta Chase" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/loretta-chase/we-have-been-wed-scarcely-three-days-she-said-you-do-not-desert-your/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fb4/loretta-chase-2027_bride_we-have-been-wed-scarcely-three-days-she_475841.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fb4/loretta-chase-2027_bride_we-have-been-wed-scarcely-three-days-she_475841.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fb4/loretta-chase-2027_bride_we-have-been-wed-scarcely-three-days-she_475841.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“We have been wed scarcely three days,\" she said. \"You do not desert your new bride for your sapskull…” — Loretta Chase", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 11, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“Clevedon,' she began. He turned back to her, the smile fading. 'You may not rake me over the coals,' he said. 'She set out to captivate me, much as her mother did-' 'She's six years old!' 'You both succeeded,' he said. 'What was I to do? She's a little girl. Why should she not have a doll?' 'She has dolls! Does she seem neglected to you? Deprived in any way? She's *my* daughter, and I take care of her. She has nothing to do with you. You've no business buying her dolls. What will Lady Clara think? What do you think your fine friends in the ton will say when they hear you've given my daughter gifts? You know they'll hear of it.' Lucie would show the doll to the seamstresses, naturally, and they'd tell everybody they knew, and word would spread through the ton in no time at all. 'And do you think their speculations will do my business any good?' 'That's all you think about. Your business.' 'It's my life, you great thickhead! This' - she swept her hand to indicate the shop - 'This is how I *earn* my living. Can you not grasp this simple concept? Earning a living?' 'I'm not-' 'This is how I feed and clothe and house and educate my daughter,' she raged on. 'This is how I provide for my sisters. What must I do to make you understand? How can you be so blind, so willfully obtuse, so-' 'You'll make me run mad,' he said. 'Everywhere I turn, there you are.' 'That's monstrous unfair! Everywhere I go, there is your great carcass!”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Loretta Chase" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/loretta-chase/clevedon-she-began-he-turned-back-to-her-the-smile-fading-you-may-not/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d42/loretta-chase-2027_business_clevedon-she-began-he-turned-back-to-her_2330675.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d42/loretta-chase-2027_business_clevedon-she-began-he-turned-back-to-her_2330675.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d42/loretta-chase-2027_business_clevedon-she-began-he-turned-back-to-her_2330675.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Clevedon,' she began. He turned back to her, the smile fading. 'You may not rake me over the coals,' he…” — Loretta Chase", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 12, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“You'll want all your strength for the wedding night.\" I cannot think why I should need strength,\" she said, ignoring a host of spine-tingling images rising in her mind's eye. \"All I have to do is lie there.\" \"Naked,\" he said grimly. \"Truly?\" She shot him a glance from under her lashes. \"Well, if I must, I must, for you have the advantage of experience in these matters. Still, I do wish you'd told me sooner. I should not have put the modiste to so much trouble about the negligee.\" \"The what?\" \"It was ghastly expensive,\" she said, \"but the silk is as fine as gossamer, and the eyelet work about the neckline is exquisite. Aunt Louisa was horrified. She said only Cyprians wear such things, and it leaves nothing to the imagination.\" Jessica heard him suck in his breath, felt the muscular thigh tense against hers. \"But if it were left to Aunt Louisa,\" she went on,\"I should be covered from my chin to my toes in thick cotton ruffled with monstrosities with little bows and rosebuds. Which is absurd, when an evening gown reveals far more, not to mention--\" \"What color?\" he asked. His low voice had roughened. \"Wine red,\" she said, \"With narrow black ribbons threaded through the neckline. Here.\" She traced a plunging U over her bosom. \"And there's the loveliest openwork over my...well, here.\" She drew her finger over the curve of her breast a bare inch above the nipple. \"And openwork on the right side of the skirt. From here\" --she pointed to her hip--\"down to the hem. And I bought---\" \"Jess.\" Her name was a strangled whisper. \"--slippers to match,\" she continued.\" Black mules with--\" \"Jess.\" In one furious flurry of motion he threw down the reins and hauled her into his lap.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Loretta Chase" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/loretta-chase/you-ll-want-all-your-strength-for-the-wedding-night-i-cannot-think/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ec8/loretta-chase-2027_continued_you-ll-want-all-your-strength-for-the-we_1626712.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ec8/loretta-chase-2027_continued_you-ll-want-all-your-strength-for-the-we_1626712.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ec8/loretta-chase-2027_continued_you-ll-want-all-your-strength-for-the-we_1626712.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“You'll want all your strength for the wedding night.\" I cannot think why I should need strength,\" she said…” — Loretta Chase", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } } ] }, { "@type": "CollectionPage", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/gaze/loretta-chase/#webpage", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/gaze/loretta-chase/", "name": "Gaze Quotes by Loretta Chase", "isPartOf": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#website" }, "mainEntity": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/gaze/loretta-chase/#itemlist" }, "primaryImageOfPage": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ee8/loretta-chase-2027_gaze_the-episode-he-said-you-mean-when-i-put_1962084.png" }, "description": "12 Gaze quotes by Loretta Chase. 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