“I always think I cannot love you more if I tried, but I always do.” — Sherry Thomas Copy Share Image
Love without friendship is like a kite, aloft only when the winds are favorable. Friendship is what gives love its wings. — Sherry Thomas Copy Share Image
“Then he made love to her not only as if he had never experienced lovemaking before, but no one had.” — Sherry Thomas Copy Share Image
“Outwardly, other than her hair, she had not changed much. She was still more or less the same cool, aloof woman who… — Sherry Thomas Copy Share Image
“Trust ran both ways. How could he ask her to trust him when he hardly trusted her? He would trust her, in… — Sherry Thomas Copy Share Image
“Sometimes people fall in love with those who do not return the same strength of feelings. It is as it is,” he… — Sherry Thomas Copy Share Image
“Perhaps unrequited love was like a specter in the house, a presence that brushed at the edge of senses, a heat in… — Sherry Thomas Copy Share Image
“All your emotions were so intense—your anger like daggers, your unhappiness a poisoned well. Even your love had such sharp corners and… — Sherry Thomas Copy Share Image
“Was it possible—was it at all possible that she could come out of her most desperate choice with a man as clever… — Sherry Thomas Copy Share Image
“He smiled at her. And it hit her like a mallet to the temple, the realization that she was in love with… — Sherry Thomas Copy Share Image
“Her jaw dropped. She grabbed him by the shoulders. “I think I have formed an attachment to you. You know, what the… — Sherry Thomas Copy Share Image
“Some lovers were fortunate enough to grow old together. They’d grown old apart. She did not think him any less handsome. She… — Sherry Thomas Copy Share Image
“«She sat at the bow of a pleasure craft a stone's throw away, under the shade of a white parasol, a diligent… — Sherry Thomas Copy Share Image
“Amazing what a man thought of, looking at a fully clothed woman who did nothing more provocative than sipping her tea while… — Sherry Thomas Copy Share Image
“That’s what Papa counting on, no doubt. But romantic love is . . .I don’t wish to say that romantic love itself… — Sherry Thomas Copy Share Image
“Because being in love does not give you any excuse to be less than honorable, Lady Tremaine.” — Sherry Thomas Copy Share Image
“Love will make you weak and indecisive, remember?" she murmured. What a fool he had been. For a journey like theirs, love… — Sherry Thomas Copy Share Image
“How can you help? If you will only . . ." He stopped. He had been trying, with no apparent success, to… — Sherry Thomas Copy Share Image
“I’ve always loved you,” he said, his eyes a blue that was almost violet. “You know this.” She swallowed a lump in… — Sherry Thomas Copy Share Image
“Tenderness, that most alien and disconcerting of emotions, swelled and billowed in her. She picked up a cherry and stared down at… — Sherry Thomas Copy Share Image
“Millie was never possessive, never effusive, and never demonstrative. Her even-tempered approach to her marriage should have been enough to convince everyone… — Sherry Thomas Copy Share Image
“It’s a long story,” he said, taking a sip of Mr. Braeburn’s whiskey, “so I will tell only a very condensed version… — Sherry Thomas Copy Share Image
“The worst thing about falling in love with her so early in life was that he’d been an absolute snot at fourteen,… — Sherry Thomas Copy Share Image
“Sometimes people change, said a voice inside him. And sometimes they don’t.” — Sherry Thomas Copy Share Image
“I always think I cannot love you more if I tried, but I always do.” — Sherry Thomas Copy Share Image
“For the thousandth time he wished he’d just met her. That they were but two strangers traveling together, that such lovely, filthy thoughts did… — Sherry Thomas Copy Share Image
“This is the story of a girl who fooled a thousand boys, a boy who fooled an entire country, a partnership that would change… — Sherry Thomas Copy Share Image
“Outwardly, other than her hair, she had not changed much. She was still more or less the same cool, aloof woman who garnered more… — Sherry Thomas Copy Share Image
“Humans, herself included, held no interest for her except as living machines, mind-bogglingly intricate, beautiful systems that somehow housed individuals not quite worthy of… — Sherry Thomas Copy Share Image
“...So far I have restrained myself. For how much longer, I do not know. I have never known such happiness, shot through with such… — Sherry Thomas Copy Share Image
“You are asking me to give up everything for a cause that isn't mine. I don't want to be part of any revolution. I… — Sherry Thomas Copy Share Image
“Just before the start of Summer Half, in April 1883, a very minor event took place at Eton College, that venerable and illustrious English… — Sherry Thomas Copy Share Image
“A reflection of their story: imperfect, but to him the most beautiful of stories.” — Sherry Thomas Copy Share Image
