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title: "Famous Historical-romance Quotes"
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> [“The softness of her touch, the emerald eyes gazing into his when they held hands and circled, attacked his defenses and flung…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amy-jarecki/the-softness-of-her-touch-the-emerald-eyes-gazing-into-his-when-they/)

[Amy Jarecki](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/amy-jarecki/)

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> [“Are you quite through with your lurid comments and wicked amusements?" "Hardly, my dear, this is just the beginning. You may not…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/virginia-aird/are-you-quite-through-with-your-lurid-comments-and-wicked-amusements/)

[Virginia Aird](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/virginia-aird/)

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> [“And you claim to be feeling this way. Floatish. Singsong-ish. About me.” She sighed. “Yes.” “That’s absurd.” “I know, but I can’t…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tessa-dare/and-you-claim-to-be-feeling-this-way-floatish-singsong-ish-about-me/)

[Tessa Dare](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tessa-dare/)

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> [“So she learned at the age of almost twenty-six how to kiss a lover. Such kisses involved tongues, lips, taste, feel, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/grace-burrowes/so-she-learned-at-the-age-of-almost-twenty-six-how-to-kiss-a-lover/)

[Grace Burrowes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/grace-burrowes/)

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> [“Eliza had never seen Alex quite so happy and relaxed. She shook her head and laughed at the incongruity of it all:…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/melissa-de-la-cruz/eliza-had-never-seen-alex-quite-so-happy-and-relaxed-she-shook-her/)

[Melissa de la Cruz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/melissa-de-la-cruz/)

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> [“Stirling, Scotland, October 1619 "Kristina, wake up and ready yourself for a journey!" In her bedchamber, Kristina MacQueen jolted awake. Had she…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vonda-sinclair/stirling-scotland-october-1619-kristina-wake-up-and-ready-yourself/)

[Vonda Sinclair](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vonda-sinclair/)

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> [“You next," he said. "Out of those clothes and into bed." She nodded but didn't move from Sally's side. The thought of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/deeanne-gist/you-next-he-said-out-of-those-clothes-and-into-bed-she-nodded-but/)

[Deeanne Gist](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/deeanne-gist/)

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> [“Pleasure suffused her and she snuggled deeper into his arms, her heart clenching when he tightened his hold on her. After a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sophie-jordan/pleasure-suffused-her-and-she-snuggled-deeper-into-his-arms-her-heart/)

[Sophie Jordan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sophie-jordan/)

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> [“Marcus stood at the mantel mirror, fussing with his lace cuffs, adjusting his cravat and openly admiring his reflection. “I’ll beguile her…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/victoria-vane/marcus-stood-at-the-mantel-mirror-fussing-with-his-lace-cuffs/)

[Victoria Vane](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/victoria-vane/)

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> [“She ate it and cried. Soon, he put the melting ice cream away. "Shura," Tatiana whispered, "darling, forget what should have been.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paullina-simons/she-ate-it-and-cried-soon-he-put-the-melting-ice-cream-away-shura/)

[Paullina Simons](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paullina-simons/)

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> [“Vaša ljepota ostavlja me hladnim. Ne mislite da se pretvaram. Moja je duša puna boli i bio bih sretan da je kod…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marija-juri-zagorka/va-a-ljepota-ostavlja-me-hladnim-ne-mislite-da-se-pretvaram-moja-je/)

[Marija Jurić Zagorka](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marija-juri-zagorka/)

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> [“Ned seemed so different from any other man of her acquaintance, and, certainly, the antithesis of the rake she had set her…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/victoria-vane/ned-seemed-so-different-from-any-other-man-of-her-acquaintance-and/)

[Victoria Vane](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/victoria-vane/)

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> [“You’re here,”he repeated, taking her hand and drawing it against his chest, right above his pounding heartbeat. “In my heart. Somehow you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tessa-dare/you-re-here-he-repeated-taking-her-hand-and-drawing-it-against-his/)

[Tessa Dare](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tessa-dare/)

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> [“Sve je iščezlo iz njegova osjećaja, samo je ostalo ono što ga veže s njome. Sav svijet nekud je nestao, samo je…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marija-juri-zagorka/sve-je-i-ezlo-iz-njegova-osje-aja-samo-je-ostalo-ono-to-ga-ve-e-s/)

[Marija Jurić Zagorka](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marija-juri-zagorka/)

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> [“The scene unfolded before him as though he were a ghost. His mother stood on the raised stump, her body tied to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jean-m-grant/the-scene-unfolded-before-him-as-though-he-were-a-ghost-his-mother/)

[Jean M. Grant](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jean-m-grant/)

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> [“Medicine is a bit like love," Aunt Gertrude began. "There are the theatrical outer forms gone through by the players-the bandages and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/melissa-de-la-cruz/medicine-is-a-bit-like-love-aunt-gertrude-began-there-are-the/)

[Melissa de la Cruz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/melissa-de-la-cruz/)

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> [ “Narrow-minded historians will say there's no proof that \[Meriwether\] Lewis was dude-loving. Another telling indication was that his Newfoundland dog was named… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bob-smith/narrow-minded-historians-will-say-there-s-no-proof-that-meriwether/)

[Bob Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bob-smith/)

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> [“You are wet, and you are cold. You don’t like being cold. Therefore, I despise you being cold. I would go about…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tessa-dare/you-are-wet-and-you-are-cold-you-don-t-like-being-cold-therefore-i/)

[Tessa Dare](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tessa-dare/)

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> [“… Looking at her, I think I know better what romantic love is.” … she asked, “What is it?” “It is parental…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kate-noble/looking-at-her-i-think-i-know-better-what-romantic-love-is-she-asked/)

[Kate Noble](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kate-noble/)

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> [“I know what you’re thinking, Miss Gladstone.” She doubted it. “You’re incredulous. How could a woman of your standing possibly ascend to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tessa-dare/i-know-what-you-re-thinking-miss-gladstone-she-doubted-it-you-re/)

[Tessa Dare](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tessa-dare/)

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> [“Where are you going?" "To get my Bible." "Right now? You can't get your Bible out right now! I'm, I'm, we're just…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/deeanne-gist/where-are-you-going-to-get-my-bible-right-now-you-can-t-get-your/)

[Deeanne Gist](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/deeanne-gist/)

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> [“Are you—” There seemed no way to say it but to say it. “Your Grace, are you trying to get me into…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tessa-dare/are-you-there-seemed-no-way-to-say-it-but-to-say-it-your-grace-are/)

[Tessa Dare](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tessa-dare/)

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> [“Before the war, a white man named Jonathan Edwards came to Stockbridge to teach my people about sin, but I doubt very…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pamela-clare/before-the-war-a-white-man-named-jonathan-edwards-came-to-stockbridge/)

[Pamela Clare](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pamela-clare/)

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> [“This explains so much," she said, clucking her tongue in mother-hen fashion. "You're compensating for this withered appendage." Withered appendage? What the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tessa-dare/this-explains-so-much-she-said-clucking-her-tongue-in-mother-hen/)

[Tessa Dare](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tessa-dare/)

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> [“You intend to keep me confined in here with you for three days?" His voice was low and ominous. "It doesn't have…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/victoria-vane/you-intend-to-keep-me-confined-in-here-with-you-for-three-days-his/)

[Victoria Vane](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/victoria-vane/)

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> [“If I could,” he went on, “I would remain like this indefinitely—clasped by you, held inside you, a part of you—without moving…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sylvia-day/if-i-could-he-went-on-i-would-remain-like-this-indefinitely-clasped/)

[Sylvia Day](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sylvia-day/)

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> [ “\[Iain, addressing the Rangers at the end of the French & Indian war\] "Never has the world see a war as this… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pamela-clare/iain-addressing-the-rangers-at-the-end-of-the-french-indian-war-never/)

[Pamela Clare](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pamela-clare/)

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> [“Dosta je u našoj zemlji rođeno slabića, mlitavaca, mekušaca. Dosta je slabih na volji, nestalnih na odlučnost, dosta je sramotno podatnih, izdajničko…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marija-juri-zagorka/dosta-je-u-na-oj-zemlji-ro-eno-slabi-a-mlitavaca-meku-aca-dosta-je/)

[Marija Jurić Zagorka](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marija-juri-zagorka/)

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> [“She squeezed her eyes shut. “No.” “Excuse me?” She sniffed, opened her eyes then looked up. “No. I don’t wish you to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cari-silverwood/she-squeezed-her-eyes-shut-no-excuse-me-she-sniffed-opened-her-eyes/)

[Cari Silverwood](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cari-silverwood/)

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> [“Darcy looked at Graham for the first time in months, and realized that her memory had not done him justice. He was…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/olivia-stocum/darcy-looked-at-graham-for-the-first-time-in-months-and-realized-that/)

[Olivia Stocum](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/olivia-stocum/)

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> [“Any friend of my cousin's is a friend of mine, sir. How exactly do you know Lady Zoe?" Before Tristan could answer,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sabrina-jeffries/any-friend-of-my-cousin-s-is-a-friend-of-mine-sir-how-exactly-do-you/)

[Sabrina Jeffries](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sabrina-jeffries/)

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> [“I have lived recklessly, gambled my income away at the horse races, gone whoring, have been more drunk than sober, beaten men…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andrea-zuvich/i-have-lived-recklessly-gambled-my-income-away-at-the-horse-races/)

[Andrea Zuvich](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andrea-zuvich/)

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> [“He leaned his head against the rock. Christ, when was the last time he’d seen the humor in life? And now, of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/angela-quarles/he-leaned-his-head-against-the-rock-christ-when-was-the-last-time-he/)

[Angela Quarles](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/angela-quarles/)

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> [“She led them to their pallets, again encircled by other pallets. She sat down, sighing at her aching muscles, and caught his…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/angela-quarles/she-led-them-to-their-pallets-again-encircled-by-other-pallets-she/)

[Angela Quarles](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/angela-quarles/)

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> [“Dallying? Dallying, mind you?" She marched up the last few steps. "As if I would ever min a million years dally with…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sabrina-jeffries/dallying-dallying-mind-you-she-marched-up-the-last-few-steps-as-if-i/)

[Sabrina Jeffries](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sabrina-jeffries/)

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> [“She's elegant," Olivia stated. "I would kill to have her figure." "Really?" "Of course. I have always wished to look precisely like…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eloisa-james/she-s-elegant-olivia-stated-i-would-kill-to-have-her-figure-really-of/)

[Eloisa James](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eloisa-james/)

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> [“So the Bawdy Bluestocking was the proprietress of her own shop, selling lurid novels to ladies in the front and more esoteric…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/evelyn-pryce/so-the-bawdy-bluestocking-was-the-proprietress-of-her-own-shop/)

[Evelyn Pryce](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/evelyn-pryce/)

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> [“He knew he could worm his way beneath her defenses—he’d read every word of those diaries. He knew the one absolute way…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/celeste-bradley/he-knew-he-could-worm-his-way-beneath-her-defenses-he-d-read-every/)

[Celeste Bradley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/celeste-bradley/)

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> [“-Tomo! Vi imate - suza? (...) -Recite zbog čega vas je snašla tolika bol da vam se srce rasplakalo? Trenutak šutnje, a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marija-juri-zagorka/tomo-vi-imate-suza-recite-zbog-ega-vas-je-sna-la-tolika-bol-da-vam-se/)

[Marija Jurić Zagorka](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marija-juri-zagorka/)

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> [“This was now officially the most inane conversation in which Griff had ever been a participant—and that included a drunken debate with…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tessa-dare/this-was-now-officially-the-most-inane-conversation-in-which-griff/)

[Tessa Dare](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tessa-dare/)

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                        "text": "“Are you quite through with your lurid comments and wicked amusements?\" \"Hardly, my dear, this is just the beginning. You may not be eager now, but I shall melt that ice of yours yet. I always get what I want, and I don't mind waiting for a little while.”",
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                        "text": "“Eliza had never seen Alex quite so happy and relaxed. She shook her head and laughed at the incongruity of it all: Imagine General Washington's famous aide-de-camp taking the time to stop and admire the birds. \"One day, Alex, when you tire of being a soldier, we will spend all of our days just like this, watching birds and taking in the sun, surrounded by children of our own. You'd like that, wouldn't you, my love?\" \"Eliza, you and the Pastures have already taken a perfectly fine soldier and turned him into a lovesick pup. And at this moment, on this very day, there's nothing and nowhere I'd rather be.”",
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                        "text": "“Stirling, Scotland, October 1619 \"Kristina, wake up and ready yourself for a journey!\" In her bedchamber, Kristina MacQueen jolted awake. Had she just heard her mother's voice? 'Twas impossible. Her mother had passed many years ago. The voice had been inside her dream. What had Ma meant about a journey? Kristina had not left the vicinity of her aunt and uncle's manor house in many months. Hearing the faint hoofbeats of many horses galloping in the distance, she sat up and listened. As each moment passed, the horses' hooves pounded closer and closer until they echoed off the cobblestones just outside the window. Her heart thumping and an eerie feeling prickling along her skin, she swung her feet toward the floor and sat on the edge of the bed. A fist battered violently at the home's entrance door below. \"Saints. Who could that be?\" she whispered. It had to be the middle of the night or the wee hours of the morn, for she heard no one moving about the house and her room was chilly. The visitor couldn't be the physician calling to treat Uncle Gilbert, who suffered from gout, rheumatism and various other ailments. Nay, he wouldn't bring that many horses with him on a house call. Maybe 'twas the creditors, come to expel them from their home. When her uncle's health had declined, so had his funds. Could it be news of her older sister? She had not heard from Anna in many months. Ready yourself for a journey, her mother had said in the dream. Good heavens! Had someone come for her, to take her to Anna? Heart hammering, Kristina leapt from the warm bed. Though she couldn't see, she knew the placement of the furniture in her room and could easily navigate the space without bumping into anything. After tiptoeing across the cold wooden floor in her stockings, she approached the door and turned the knob to open it a crack, then listened. The maids were in an uproar on the ground floor below. \"What's the racket?\" Aunt Matilda yelled as she tromped by Kristina's chamber and down the stairs. \"Who is it?\" she demanded near the front door. \"Chief Blackburn MacCromar!\" The snarled response was bellowed from outside, just below her window. A chill of terror and revulsion flashed through Kristina. \"Saints, preserve us.\" She shut the door and barred it, her fingers trembling. She had not been near the malicious bastard in two years. He had finally come for her. Anxiety and nausea froze her to the spot. What would he do? Would he kill her for a certainty this time?”",
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                        "text": "“She ate it and cried. Soon, he put the melting ice cream away. \"Shura,\" Tatiana whispered, \"darling, forget what should have been. Remember all that was.\" \"Tatiasha, babe,\" Alexander whispered, coming back to bed to be covered, \"my one and only wife, forget our age, our splendid youth, forget it all and let our crazy love make us young.”",
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                        "text": "“Ned seemed so different from any other man of her acquaintance, and, certainly, the antithesis of the rake she had set her sights on. She had chosen DeVere as her best prospect, yet after only this short time in Ned's company, she couldn't help fervently wishing that he was DeVere. She should feel triumphant that her goal was within easy reach... In truth, it was as if her appetite had been whetted for beefsteak...only to be served liver instead. -A WILD NIGHT'S BRIDE”",
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                        "text": "“You’re here,”he repeated, taking her hand and drawing it against his chest, right above his pounding heartbeat. “In my heart. Somehow you crashed your way into it when I wasn’t looking. The same way you barged into my library, I suppose. But you’re here now, inside. Emma, you’re the very life of me.”",
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                        "text": "“… Looking at her, I think I know better what romantic love is.” … she asked, “What is it?” “It is parental love,” he answered thoughtfully. “Wanting to protect and keep the other person safe. As well as the love of friendship - esteeming the other person, even desiring each other’s company beyond all others. And it is lust,” he said, meeting her eyes, and was rewarded with seeing them darken, her breath becoming slightly unsteady, one little word jerking her out of her clinical assessment. He smiled, a predatory, seductive grin. “The physical needing of the other person, the quickened pulse, the sweaty heat.” His hand, which still rested on hers, began slowly moving, his fingers dancing over her skin. “Combining them makes the result greater than its individual parts. Because it produces something else. It creates … a steadiness. A strength. I can’t explain it well - being only an outside observer - but I only know that out of my friends' relationships, my sister‘s marriage is the epitome of grace.”",
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                        "text": "“I know what you’re thinking, Miss Gladstone.” She doubted it. “You’re incredulous. How could a woman of your standing possibly ascend to such a rank? I can’t deny you’ll find yourself outclassed and un-befriended among the ladies of the peerage, but you will no doubt be consoled with the material advantages. A lavish home, generous lines of credit at all the best shops, a large settlement in the event of my death. You may pay calls, go shopping. Engage in some charitable work, if you must. Your days will be yours to do whatever you wish.” His voice darkened. “Your nights, however, will belong to me.”",
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                        "text": "“Where are you going?\" \"To get my Bible.\" \"Right now? You can't get your Bible out right now! I'm, I'm, we're just about to...\" She'd never be able to go through with this if he got out his Bible. She wiped all humor from her face. \"I believe you. Proverbs 5:18. Rejoice, relish, and romp with your husband.\" He chuckled. \"I'm serious, Connie, and I won't have you feeling ashamed or unclean over anything we do in that bed, tonight or any other night.\" \"I won't. I feel unashamed and very clean. I promise. But please don't get out that Bible.\" \"What? Think you that God can't see us right now?\" Groaning, she slid off his lap and covered her face with her hands. He sunk to his knees in front of her, drawing her hands down. \"I love you. You love me. We are man and wife. God is watching, Connie, and He is very, very pleased.”",
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                        "text": "“Are you—” There seemed no way to say it but to say it. “Your Grace, are you trying to get me into your bed?” “Yes. Nightly. I said as much, not a minute ago. Are you listening at all?” “Listening, yes,” she muttered to herself. “Comprehending, no.” “I’ll have my solicitor draw up the papers.” He returned to his place behind the desk. “We can do it on Monday.” “Your Grace, I don’t—” “Tuesday, then.” “Your Grace, I cannot—” “Well, I’m afraid my schedule is quite booked for the rest of the week.” He flipped through the pages of an agenda. “Brooding, drinking, indoor badminton tournament . . .”",
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                        "text": "“Before the war, a white man named Jonathan Edwards came to Stockbridge to teach my people about sin, but I doubt very much he could see sin in this. You defended yourself against a man who would otherwise have killed you and your friends. Perhaps you feel no regret because your spirit knows you did what was right.”",
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                        "text": "“This explains so much,\" she said, clucking her tongue in mother-hen fashion. \"You're compensating for this withered appendage.\" Withered appendage? What the devil was she talking about? He shook his head, trying to clear it. Colin's dire predictions of shriveled twigs and dried currants rattled in his skull. Wide awake now, he fought to sit up, wrestling the sheets. \"Listen, you. I don't know what sort of liberties you've taken while I was insensible, or just what your spinster imagination prepared you to see. But I'll have you know, that water was damned cold.\" She blinked at him. \"I'm referring to your leg.\" \"Oh.\" His leg. That withered appendage”",
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                        "text": "“You intend to keep me confined in here with you for three days?\" His voice was low and ominous. \"It doesn't have to take three days,\" she said, \"It just depends how long it takes for you to come to your senses.\" \"My senses?\" he shook her so hard she thought her teeth would rattle. \"It is you whose mind is disordered if you think you can tame me like some pet! Is that what you think, Vesta? That you can somehow turn a man like me into your little lap dog?\" \"No,\" she said, as earnest as she had ever been in her life. \"I could never imagine you as a lap dog. Ever. You are a Mastiff. Big, powerful, dignified, brave, and yet gentle.\" She nodded with a look of self satisfaction. \"Yes. Most definitely a Mastiff.\" from THE VIRGIN HUNTRESS”",
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                        "text": "“-Tomo! Vi imate - suza? (...) -Recite zbog čega vas je snašla tolika bol da vam se srce rasplakalo? Trenutak šutnje, a onda on odvrati šapatom koji odaje teški napor: -Obeščašćujem vas time što sam ovdje! (...) -Da mogu popraviti to, kneginjice, pretvorio bih sve što je gore na palubi živo u leševe. -Pa ipak ste život svoj žigosali za sva vremena - sramotnim imenom viteza otimača. -Vitez otimač slavan je i častan prema onom mom drugom nedjelu. -Ubojica ste? -Mnogo gore. (...) -Što ste još? -Svetogrdnik! -Svetogrdnik? Kakvu ste to svetinju pogrdili? -Vas! Vas...”",
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