“Perhaps you forgave him too much, but who among us would not wish to be so generously loved and generously forgiven?” — Sherry Thomas Copy Share Image
“Her Leo, so bright, so beautiful. And in the end, so catastrophically flawed.” — Sherry Thomas Copy Share Image
“That was how he would go on tormenting her, after his physical departure from her life. A baroque plan, byzantine even, a… — 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
“It was a few minutes before Helena could stop panting. She dared not read any further, or she’d crash through the connecting… — Sherry Thomas Copy Share Image
“He climbed into bed himself and kissed his way up her legs. Instincts she didn’t even know she possessed made her clench… — Sherry Thomas Copy Share Image
“He felt like a pilgrim standing on the shores of Lake Sahara, having walked barefoot over hundreds of miles, yet all the… — Sherry Thomas Copy Share Image
I beg you to exercise wisdom and restraint and remember that not all opportunities are created equal. Some are nothing but steps… — 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
“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
“What is withdrawal?" "Let's see, since you know your scripture so well, was that Onan? Yes, that bugger. What he did." "Spilling… — Sherry Thomas Copy Share Image
“The next minute he realized what had happened to him, but not before she’d caught him staring. For a decade, I was… — Sherry Thomas Copy Share Image
“For the next three seconds, he still dared to let himself hope. Perhaps she was making a grand entrance. Perhaps she would… — Sherry Thomas Copy Share Image
“She touched him, placing her hand over his curled fingers, straightening them so that they were palm to palm, then she interlaced… — Sherry Thomas Copy Share Image
“He wanted to make cast models of her. He wanted to take a set of precision calipers and measure every distance between… — 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… — Sherry Thomas Copy Share Image
“He felt as if he stood at the very top of a high cliff. Take a step back and all was safe… — Sherry Thomas Copy Share Image
“The Castle. He’d seen this expression far too many times during their marriage. The Castle was Bryony drawing up the gates and… — Sherry Thomas Copy Share Image
“What did you do to your hair? I don’t like it as much.” His brow knitted. “How do you like it?” “I… — Sherry Thomas Copy Share Image
“Even they would think you a monster were you to orchestrate a divorce right after my confinement.” “How long do you recommend… — 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
“She recognized the signs of danger. When she’d said to the duke that she had a certain effect on men, she hadn’t… — Sherry Thomas Copy Share Image
“The explanation for her absence had been staring him in the face all the while, but he hadn’t wanted to acknowledge it:… — Sherry Thomas Copy Share Image
“This time he could no longer hold back his tears. And with them came words that he’d never been able to say… — Sherry Thomas Copy Share Image
Sometimes limbs must be re-broken to set properly, her heart too needed to shatter anew before it could truly heal. — Sherry Thomas Copy Share Image
“He was a god above her, powerful, beautiful, larger than life. The light brought out the latent gold of his hair. The… — 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
“And why, exactly, was she in no danger from him? Why didn’t he want her with the fervor of a thousand over-heating… — 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
“His voice, however, was utterly velvety—if an upholstered wrecking ball could be called velvety. “I won’t need to try, my dear. My… — Sherry Thomas Copy Share Image
“Her hand reached up and took a strand of his hair between her fingers. “Simple as that.” She gently pulled on that… — Sherry Thomas Copy Share Image
“Hastings sat down and braced his arm along the back of the chaise, quite effectively letting it be known he did not… — Sherry Thomas Copy Share Image
“She fluttered her fan. “And do you know what they say of women of a certain age, what they want above all?”… — Sherry Thomas Copy Share Image
“And when the governess had left, he would slip out of his own room and peer at her door until her light… — 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
“Do you think I should be paying my addresses to Mrs. Martin, my dear Miss Fitzhugh?” he whispered. “Martin doesn’t look the… — 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
