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> [“Some things," she said, "are best not known for sure, Lord Trentham.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-balogh/some-things-she-said-are-best-not-known-for-sure-lord-trentham/)

[Mary Balogh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-balogh/)

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> [“Sometimes," he said, "it is necessary to go back before we can move forward.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-balogh/sometimes-he-said-it-is-necessary-to-go-back-before-we-can-move/)

[Mary Balogh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-balogh/)

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> [I can be hurt, she said, only by people I respect.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-balogh/i-can-be-hurt-she-said-only-by-people-i-respect/)

[Mary Balogh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-balogh/)

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> [I wish," he said, "I had known at eighteen what I know now - that there are some things on which one…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-balogh/i-wish-he-said-i-had-known-at-eighteen-what-i-know-now-that-there-are/)

[Mary Balogh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-balogh/)

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> [There is nothing worse, is there," she said, "than a past that has never been fully dealt with. One can convince oneself,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-balogh/there-is-nothing-worse-is-there-she-said-than-a-past-that-has-never/)

[Mary Balogh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-balogh/)

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> [I am not sure what lonliness is," she said. "If it is not literally being solitary, is it the fear of solitude,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-balogh/i-am-not-sure-what-lonliness-is-she-said-if-it-is-not-literally-being/)

[Mary Balogh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-balogh/)

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> [I would be consumed by you,' she said, and blinked her eyes furiously when she felt them fill with tears. 'You would…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-balogh/i-would-be-consumed-by-you-she-said-and-blinked-her-eyes-furiously/)

[Mary Balogh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-balogh/)

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> [Love does not last forever, then?" "He asked me the same thing this morning," she said. "No, it does not - not…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-balogh/love-does-not-last-forever-then-he-asked-me-the-same-thing-this/)

[Mary Balogh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-balogh/)

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> [All is artifice in my world, Constantine. Even me. Especially me. He taught me to be a duchess, to be an impregnable…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-balogh/all-is-artifice-in-my-world-constantine-even-me-especially-me-he/)

[Mary Balogh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-balogh/)

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> [And yet day and night meet fleetingly at twilight and dawn," he said, lowering his voice again and narrowing his eyes and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-balogh/and-yet-day-and-night-meet-fleetingly-at-twilight-and-dawn-he-said/)

[Mary Balogh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-balogh/)

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> [I am free, you see," she said, "to love or to withhold love. Love and dependence need no longer be the same…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-balogh/i-am-free-you-see-she-said-to-love-or-to-withhold-love-love-and-2/)

[Mary Balogh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-balogh/)

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> [After you married, Crispin, she said, my heart was broken. I will not deny it. But I did not slip into a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-balogh/after-you-married-crispin-she-said-my-heart-was-broken-i-will-not/)

[Mary Balogh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-balogh/)

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## Other authors on Said

## More by Mary Balogh

> [“Why is it," she asked, snuggling closer, "that I so often imagine myself running away and running free?”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-balogh/why-is-it-she-asked-snuggling-closer-that-i-so-often-imagine-myself/)

[Mary Balogh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-balogh/)

> [“Ah, but dreams cannot be captured with promises," he said. "Like water, they elude our grasp. But water is the staff of life. I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-balogh/ah-but-dreams-cannot-be-captured-with-promises-he-said-like-water/)

[Mary Balogh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-balogh/)

> [“What sort of man could you love for a lifetime?" he asked her. She was silent for a while. He guessed that she was…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-balogh/what-sort-of-man-could-you-love-for-a-lifetime-he-asked-her-she-was/)

[Mary Balogh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-balogh/)

> [“Even at its darkest moment, life was a precious gift.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-balogh/even-at-its-darkest-moment-life-was-a-precious-gift/)

[Mary Balogh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-balogh/)

> [“Sometimes children do not realize by how fragile a thread their security hangs. Perhaps it is as well they do not - most of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-balogh/sometimes-children-do-not-realize-by-how-fragile-a-thread-their/)

[Mary Balogh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-balogh/)

> [“Would she be able to bear never seeing him again? Never in this life?”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-balogh/would-she-be-able-to-bear-never-seeing-him-again-never-in-this-life/)

[Mary Balogh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-balogh/)

> [“Sometimes love was to be grasped in any form and in any manner it was offered. And sometimes love must be given in the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-balogh/sometimes-love-was-to-be-grasped-in-any-form-and-in-any-manner-it-was/)

[Mary Balogh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-balogh/)

> [“When we last out at ourselves for having lost control, we are reminded that we never can be in total control, that all life…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-balogh/when-we-last-out-at-ourselves-for-having-lost-control-we-are-reminded/)

[Mary Balogh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-balogh/)

> [“Love does not deck the beloved in chains. It just is.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-balogh/love-does-not-deck-the-beloved-in-chains-it-just-is/)

[Mary Balogh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-balogh/)

> [“This is your home,’ he said. ‘You are mistress of Finchley Park, Vanessa. You may do whatever you wish.’ Her smile broadened. ‘Within reason,’…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-balogh/this-is-your-home-he-said-you-are-mistress-of-finchley-park-vanessa/)

[Mary Balogh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-balogh/)

> [“She bit her lower lip hard and blinked her eyes. There was such wistfulness and longing in his voice. Oh, she was going to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-balogh/she-bit-her-lower-lip-hard-and-blinked-her-eyes-there-was-such/)

[Mary Balogh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-balogh/)

> [“following spring to find himself a”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-balogh/following-spring-to-find-himself-a/)

[Mary Balogh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-balogh/)

> [“But that is what life is all about, he said. "It is about dreaming and making those dreams come true with effort and determination…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-balogh/but-that-is-what-life-is-all-about-he-said-it-is-about-dreaming-and/)

[Mary Balogh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-balogh/)

> [“One could not change the past anyway. Why let it blight the present and the future?”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-balogh/one-could-not-change-the-past-anyway-why-let-it-blight-the-present/)

[Mary Balogh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-balogh/)

> [I prefer to believe the opposite - that there is always an indestructible beauty at the heart of darkness.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-balogh/i-prefer-to-believe-the-opposite-that-there-is-always-an/)

[Mary Balogh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-balogh/)

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                        "text": "All is artifice in my world, Constantine. Even me. Especially me. He taught me to be a duchess, to be an impregnable fortress, to be the guardian of my own heart, But he admitted that he could not teach me how or when to allow the fortress to be breached or my heart to be unlocked. It would simply happen, he said. he promised it would, in fact. But how is love to find me, even assuming it is looking?",
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