“Speak plainly, sir.' '*Sir*? I say, Lyd. Are you always so formal with men you've made love with?' The whip of her… — Meredith Duran Bird Copy Share Image
“With so many willing, complex women in the world, he had little respect for men who fixated on girlishness. Innocence was, by… — Meredith Duran Innocence Copy Share Image
“Now, when he sat at the piano, he did not play music for the company the notes provided him. He played the… — Meredith Duran Business Copy Share Image
“[H]er attention squarely on the master of the house, whose displeasure with her looked mild but definite. Oh, but wasn’t it terrible… — Meredith Duran Beyond belief Copy Share Image
“It is not proper, you being closeted up here with him --" "Delphinia, don't be absurd. I am so firmly on the… — Meredith Duran Copy Share Image
“And really, was there anything so demoralizing as meeting a former lover? Never did a woman have more cause to doubt her… — Meredith Duran Copy Share Image
“She had found the Tears of Idihet. As she stared, they began to blur. Distantly she marveled at this: the wisdom of… — Meredith Duran Heart Copy Share Image
“Best awake and face your death like a man." "Like a man?” The lazy voice came from her right. She whirled, fingers… — Meredith Duran Death Copy Share Image
“He might have taken her inscrutability to mean there was no depth to her, but even their short acquaintance proved otherwise. Conversely,… — Meredith Duran Lower class Copy Share Image
“She had wanted wings, and now she was drifting, held together only by the pulsing perimeters of her skin. Even the floor… — Meredith Duran Copy Share Image
“The flesh was weak, but it was not dumb. It had its own animal intelligence. In her husband's bed her body had… — Meredith Duran Animal intelligence 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
“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
“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
“...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
“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
“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
“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
“Some people were like that; they could not escape criticism, because they never quite managed to convince themselves of the role everyone… — Meredith Duran Criticism 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
“Six hours’ uninterrupted sleep each night, correspondenceanswered promptly, tenants provided for, base temptations avoided,swearing curtailed, regular visits to church—this righteous routine kepthim… — Meredith Duran Mind Copy Share Image
“There had seemed no other way to view her, not until that moment when he'd fallen from the window. Rude shock: running… — Meredith Duran Shock Copy Share Image
![“Speak plainly, sir.' '*Sir*? I say, Lyd. Are you always so formal with men you've made love with?' The whip of her head caused the bird [on her hat] to saw wildly, like a famished woodpecker in range of a tree.” quote by Meredith Duran](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3d6/meredith-duran-2968_bird_speak-plainly-sir-sir-i-say-lyd-are-you_184237.jpg)
![“[H]er attention squarely on the master of the house, whose displeasure with her looked mild but definite. Oh, but wasn’t it terrible when the underlings stepped out of line! Wasn’t it vexing beyond belief when the poor proved they weren’t deserving or much grateful, either!” quote by Meredith Duran](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2e5/meredith-duran-2968_beyond-belief_h-er-attention-squarely-on-the-master-of_2674188.jpg)
![“I'll draw up a list. [...] You can give me a general idea, if you like: hair color, eye color-" "None!" "None? Bit of a tall order, there, Gwen. Aristocracy lacks for albinos.” quote by Meredith Duran](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/488/meredith-duran-2968_eye-color_i-ll-draw-up-a-list-you-can-give-me-a-ge_449865.jpg)
![“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)
