“I've heard that sarcasm is no substitute for cleverness” — Meredith Duran Cleverness Copy Share Image
“For a woman's words to wound would require a man to listen first!” — Meredith Duran Feminism Copy Share Image
“She did not feel anything so boring as beautiful. She felt fierce.” — Meredith Duran Beautiful Copy Share Image
“Words are not the only way we communicate, you and I. They never were.” — Meredith Duran Communicate Copy Share Image
“For poor taste in husbands, her judgment rivaled Anne Boleyn's.” — Meredith Duran Boleyn Copy Share Image
“I admit, that the brain does not govern the body as well as one might wish- else all men would be saints… — Meredith Duran Brain Copy Share Image
“They’re diplomats, Mr. Godwin. Their livelihood depends on trouble. When they find none, they must invent it, lest they be thrown out… — Meredith Duran Copy Share Image
“she had, after all, been raised among wolves, or in America; he was not sure there was a difference” — Meredith Duran Raised Copy Share Image
“Miss Masters was not content with threatening to hire away his staff, oh no. First, she had to perfume it.” — Meredith Duran Miss Copy Share Image
“There was skill and fluency in the way he kissed her, for this was a language, too. Her body was learning it” — Meredith Duran Fluency Copy Share Image
“Was not love a terrible thing? One thought one had learned to manage it, and then it sprang free again, rattling its… — Meredith Duran Liver Copy Share Image
“His slow smile might haved lured angels from heaven, flocking noisily, arms outstretched,happy to burn for him.” — Meredith Duran Angels Heaven Copy Share Image
“His mouth found hers in the dark. “Let me be your villain,” he whispered” — Meredith Duran Villain Copy Share Image
“His fingers settled on her hair. The purest, softest shade of black. The shade one saw when one closed one's eyes, in… — Meredith Duran Black Copy Share Image
“You're the lucky one. Otherwise you'd know there's a pleasure to be had from boredom. The best kind of pleasure: it means… — Meredith Duran Lucky Copy Share Image
“She was a sharp-toothed tiger wrapped up in silk. “I think I’ll make you pay for that taunt.” “Will you, now! And… — Meredith Duran Taunt Copy Share Image
“This current between them had once seemed born of a perfect match between souls. That it had survived so many years’ separation… — Meredith Duran Astronomy Copy Share Image
“Canada is lovely," she breathed against his lips. "And you are lovely." His laughter ghosted into her mouth. "That's my line, Lyd.… — Meredith Duran James Copy Share Image
“Elizabeth is stumbling about the Stromonds' ballroom with all the grace of a baby elephant. Granted, she doesn't weigh much, but it… — Meredith Duran Animal Copy Share Image
“Now there was the rustling of skirts, and it kicked up her smell, that distinctive blend of vanilla and violets, lavender and… — Meredith Duran Flowers Copy Share Image
“To be studious was to be the opposite of boring, she had believed; it was to be so interested, so madly curious,… — Meredith Duran Heart Copy Share Image
“Her face turned to the window, and he saw her swallow. She was not as calm as she appeared, but for some… — Meredith Duran Another woman Copy Share Image
“The desire that moved him to it was not simply concerned with satisfaction. This hunger in him wanted to break her open… — Meredith Duran Craving Copy Share Image
“ “I love you,” she whispered. How horrifying, and how thrilling. It felt like a secret, a confession, a taunt: a dare… — Meredith Duran Love Copy Share Image
“His smile faded a little, growing softer, more intimate, like the look he'd showed her in bed this morning. 'You haven't learned… — Meredith Duran Gaze Copy Share Image
“She was not clumsy, precisely. He doubted Miss Boyce would ever do anything so disorderly as stumble. But even at their first… — Meredith Duran Clumsy Copy Share Image
“She spoke all the right words, Miss Boyce did. But the stiff set of her shoulders, and the fisting of her hands,… — Meredith Duran Apologizing Copy Share Image
“He thought back to the first moment in Hong Kong when he had wanted her and recoiled. That, perhaps, was when his… — Meredith Duran Hong kong Copy Share Image
“After a long moment, the Countess sat back down. "So," she said. "You … do love her. I must say, you look… — Meredith Duran Emma Copy Share Image
“And he wondered, suddenly, what sort of divide it created between them, that he knew pieces of her that she had never… — Meredith Duran Observation Copy Share Image
“Your loyalty is not to me. Well do I know it, Nora ... You alone,' he whispered, 'among every creature in my… — Meredith Duran Loyalty Copy Share Image
“But here there were houses full of *stuff*, fancy sheets woven with silk floss as soft as a baby's bum; fancy washstands… — Meredith Duran Fancy Copy Share Image
“She handed it to him. His hand closed over hers. He drew her wrist to his mouth and pressed his lips against… — Meredith Duran Gaze Copy Share Image
“we simply can't drop everything and run away, can we?' A warm wind kicked up, ruffling through his thick, dark hair. Very… — Meredith Duran Dark hair Copy Share Image
“He had achieved indifference to her in London. Why not here, too? But here was where he had loved her.” — Meredith Duran Heart Copy Share Image
“It’s a strange kind of torture,” he said quietly. “To be caged by the lowest expectations. A humiliation of the soul.” — Meredith Duran Torture Copy Share Image
“The cat's tail was straying into her face again; she was forced to expel air in a most unbecoming fashion to avoid… — Meredith Duran Tail Copy Share Image
