Quote by Oscar Wilde

“Through vanity he had spared her.”

— Oscar Wilde

“For it was an unjust mirror, this mirror of his soul that he was looking at. Vanity? Curiosity? Hypocrisy? Had there been nothing more…

— Oscar Wilde

“Maybe she had some sort of extraordinary quality, secret even to her. Maybe she did have the power to alter the things she'd always…

— Anna North

“He was curious about how much of her indignation was real and how much was self-protection.”

— Susan Mallery

“She was nothing. He had everything. And for what little it was worth, he was embarrassed by his own strength.”

— Courtney Milan

“She understood at least as well as I did what corruption and pitiless cruelty might be hidden behind the masks that some people wore.”

— Dean Koontz

“He now clearly perceived the truth which was henceforth to be the centre of his life, namely, that while she was there, while he…

— Victor Hugo

“He would ask nothing else from life if he would be allowed to protect and cherish her for the rest of his.”

— Julie Anne Long

“In that moment, he wondered how he'd ever believed she was anything less than spectacular.”

— Melissa Landers

“The things he did to impress a woman. Why he wanted to impress her was what remained a mystery to him.”

— Vivienne Savage

“That man had deliberately set out to charm her. It didn't matter that he'd succeeded, she thought perversely. It only mattered that he had…

— Julia Quinn

“Her tone held a challenge. She did not need his condemnation or what his pity. Once, she had wanted his love, but that time…

— India Drummond