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Children of Promise

Book by Allie Ray · 4 quotes · Love, Bible, Broken Marriage

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“...and still Angus drank her in---not ravenously, like the only thing that mattered was clawing off her clothes and devouring her, though the pang of desire to make love to her was always there; no, Angus looked at Jean-Louise like a jewel, like a polished, flawless work of art, fascinating and complicated and beautiful.”

Love Desire Unrequited Love

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“A warm quiet, a gentle quiet; something soft and friendly the might have shared if Angus had gotten over her, or if they had gotten married, but couldn't be sustained the way things were between them now. The comfortable feeling between them burned off like mist with each longing glance Angus took at her, wanting more the way men always wanted more---even, or perhaps especially, men who grew up poor. Angus had spent his whole life wanting, and maybe that's why he kept on wanting Jean-Louise; as a boy he'd never known a full stomach, and as a man he couldn't fee satisfation.”

Love Desire Unrequited Love

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“When she had a mind to, she took him by the arm in the middle of the night and kissed him hard. I love you, damn it. She never actually said it, but he always felt that from her: frustrated and coarse and hot. That was the way she loved him.”

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“Please don't love me like this, she thought. Please not like this. But just the same she could not bear for him to step away from her. To abandon her, cold and used and foolish. Or worse; to leave her heartbroken and forever mourning this delicate moment between them, with all of its promise of what could have been if they weren't doomed from the start.”

Love Doomed Love

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