“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 Copy Share Image
“Her spine wasn't really made of steel, after all. That was a silly saying, made up by someone who had never felt… — Meredith Duran Heart 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 Copy Share Image
“His slow smile might haved lured angels from heaven, flocking noisily, arms outstretched,happy to burn for him.” — Meredith Duran Copy Share Image
“His mouth found hers in the dark. “Let me be your villain,” he whispered” — Meredith Duran Villain Copy Share Image
“Every person was his own country, she thought, governed by a private language, a personal reason and custom” — Meredith Duran Patriotism Copy Share Image
“she had, after all, been raised among wolves, or in America; he was not sure there was a difference” — Meredith Duran Copy Share Image
“Perhaps Nora was right: God watched but did not concern Himself with this kingdom. In His son He had exhausted His interest… — Meredith Duran Judgment Copy Share Image
“You interest me,' he said, and his tone suggested this fact itself surprised him, meant something more to him than perhaps it… — Meredith Duran Life Copy Share Image
“If Gerry were dying of thirst and spotted Alex two feet from a well, he still would not think he required his… — Meredith Duran Copy Share Image
“She arched as his fingers dug into her spine; she wanted to slip inside his skin and inhabit this wondrous body of… — Meredith Duran Magic Copy Share Image
“Force persuades a person to speak, but it cannot guarantee his honesty. Quite the reverse: it will extract confessions from innocents and… — Meredith Duran History Copy Share Image
“His arms banded about her so tightly that she felt nothing could break his hold. It calmed something in her that had… — meredith duran Copy Share Image
“Georgie, you are a miracle. Clever without cruelty, kind without naïveté, beautiful without flaw. And I prayed nightly that you would be… — Meredith Duran Miracle Copy Share Image
“I'll draw up a list. [...] You can give me a general idea, if you like: hair color, eye color-" "None!" "None?… — Meredith Duran Copy Share Image
“A body, he thought, was like a complex and complicated clock. Each one unique in its parts. Through study, one might discover… — Meredith Duran Trial and error Copy Share Image
“and I said, 'That is why you don't climb mountains, Gwen.' But now I wonder. You aren't afraid of heights." "No", she… — Meredith Duran Copy Share Image
“Anyway,” she went on, “you must think the whole thing laughable. I am cared for, am I not? Provided with every luxury… — Meredith Duran Copy Share Image
“Kinship is the work of coincidence, sweetheart. The only thing it truly engenders is proximity. And sometimes not even that, as plenty… — Meredith Duran Kinship 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 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
“She was not clumsy, precisely. He doubted Miss Boyce would ever do anything so disorderly as stumble. But even at their first… — Meredith Duran Copy Share Image
“His thumb stroked over the thin wool of her gown, making promises to what was concealed. She felt his other hand at… — Meredith Duran Heart 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 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 Diplomats 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
“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
“How could any woman's skin be so soft? It was as if the world had never touched her.” — Meredith Duran Copy Share Image
“If you bring out the worst in a man, that doesn’t mean you’re to blame for his sin.” — Meredith Duran Copy Share Image
“He smiled at her: he simply couldn't help himself. He was so glad she'd wandered into his house to kill him.” — Meredith Duran Copy Share Image
“She had always loved him, after all. And perhaps he knew it. Perhaps he saw more than she had suspected. And despite… — Meredith Duran Heart Copy Share Image
“He was a mad creature, who no doubt said up when everyone else said down, just to be contrary” — Meredith Duran Animals Copy Share Image
“If we turn our backs on everything that came before, on the people we were, then they will haunt us, Jane. Honesty… — Meredith Duran Honesty Copy Share Image
“It means that you are my freedom, love." "Yes," she whispered. That was it exactly. "And you are mine.” — Meredith Duran Freedom Copy Share Image
“...nobody belongs to that world...Nobody feels as if they belong, at any rate. They're all watching each other--fearful of the laughter coming… — Meredith Duran Comedy Copy Share Image
“Lord John: 'The court has suffered most sorely for your absence. We hardly know where to find our amusement now.' Lady Nora:… — Meredith Duran Amusement Copy Share Image
“Alex understood such discipline. He knew the rarity of it, and the cost. And on the rare occasions when he happened to… — Meredith Duran Discipline Copy Share Image
“She had told the truth: she did not like to dance. Men assumed that a spinster wanted for excitement. Dried-up. They made… — Meredith Duran Copy Share Image
“When he entered after her, she saw that he meant to come straight to her, and she raised a hand. "No," she… — Meredith Duran Copy Share Image
![“She arched as his fingers dug into her spine; she wanted to slip inside his skin and inhabit this wondrous body of his, to know what it was to move through the world as he did. [T]he world rose to meet him; it clamored for him. There was magic in him and she wanted it.” quote by Meredith Duran](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5e8/meredith-duran-2968_quote_she-arched-as-his-fingers-dug-into-her-s_1998485.jpg)
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