“I never thought Greek philosophy could make a damn bit of sense to me. And most of it didn't, but those words just seemed right. 'Love is composed of a single soul, inhabiting two bodies.'" He took her by the shoulders drawing her close. "It rang true for me, in a way nothing else did. Whatever soul I had, Katie, I think I placed it in your keeping twenty years ago. And now, it's as if...every time we kiss, you give a little piece of it back.” IfsThinkingWayGivingYearsLittlesTwoSoulPhilosophyBodyBitsLove IsPiecesLove YouKissingYears AgoTwentiesDrawingShouldersGreekDamnI Love YouKatieGreek Philosophy Author:Tessa Dare
“There's a very generous donation in the parish's future if you make this fast. Ten minutes, at the most." Frowning, the man fumbled open his liturgy. "There's an established rite, Your Grace. Marriage must be entered into with solemnity and consideration. I don't know that I can rush--" "Ten minutes. One thousand guineas." The liturgy snapped closed. "Then again, what do a few extra minutes signify to an eternal God?" He beckoned Amelia with a fluttering, papery hand. "Make haste, child. You're about to be married.” IfsKnowsMenChildrenI CanHandsGraceMinutesThousandTenEternalMarriedGenerousExtrasConsiderationBeing MarriedHasteRiteDonationAmeliaGuineaFrowningParishFlutteringLiturgySolemnity Book:One Dance with a Duke Source: One Dance with a Duke
“You are a sweet man." -"God, there it is." He flopped back on the bed, as if shot through the heart. "Repeat that to anyone, and I will have you brought up on charges of slander." "I wouldn't dream of telling a soul.” IfsMenHeartSoulDreamSweetBedShotsRepeatsSlander Book:One Dance with a Duke Source: One Dance with a Duke
“You don't want me to feel obligated? Well, I'm sorry, Lily. I am here because I feel obligated." He brought her hand to his chest, pressing her palm flat against his rapidly thumping pulse. "I'm obligated by my heart. It's decided you're essential to my existence, you see. And it's threatening to go out on labor strike if I don't make you mine this very day. So yes. I am here on bended knee, acting from a deep, undeniable sense of obligation. I am, quite simply, yours." He swallowed hard. "If you'll have me.” IfsWantFeelsWellsHeartHardHandsActingExistenceMinesMy HeartEssentialsLaborDecidedSorryStrikesObligationKneesFlatsChestsWant MeI'm SorryThreateningPalmsPulseLilies Author:Tessa Dare
“Forgive me, Your Grace. Are you suggesting a woman is some sort of … piece of fruit to you? One squeeze, and you know if she’s ripe?” IfsKnowsGracePiecesForgivingFruitRipeSuggestingForgive Me Book:One Dance with a Duke Source: One Dance with a Duke
“She would allow him to comfort her. And perhaps, someday, she would listen patiently if a dark, dreary night found him well in his cups and he drunkenly confessed to still feeling scores of wounds that weren’t his own, but those of men under his command.” IfsMenWellsStillsFeelingsNightFoundDarkComfortWoundsCommandCupsScoreSomedayDreary Author:Tessa Dare
“No, Susanna, " he said. "I cannot love you just a little. If that's what you want, you must find a different man." His green eyes were breathtaking in their intensity. His thumb brushed her bottom lip. "Because I can only love you entirely. With everything I am, and everything I ever will be. Body, mind, heart, soul.” IfsMenWantMindHeartLittlesSaidI CanDifferentSoulBodyEyeLove YouGreenBottomLipsWhat You WantIntensityThumbsBecause I CanOnly LoveBreathtakingGreen EyesMind Heart Author:Tessa Dare
“He quietly groaned. Again and again, he’d witnessed this phenomenon with his friends. They got married. They were happy in that sated, grateful way of infrequently pleasured men with a now-steady source of coitus. Then they went about crowing as if they’d invented the institution of matrimony and stood to earn a profit for every bachelor they could convert.” IfsMenWaySourceMarriedInstitutionsGratefulProfitPhenomenonSteadyAgain And AgainMatrimonyBachelorsSated Author:Tessa Dare
“Don’t you do that.” She turned away from the mirror, toward him. “Don’t you dare make a joke. It took a great deal of courage to say what I did. And you don’t have to speak a word in return, but I will insist you be man enough to take it. I won’t have you making light of my feelings, or making light of yourself—as if you’re not worthy of them. Because you are worthy, Colin. You’re a generous, good-hearted person, and you deserve to be loved. Deeply, truly, well, and often” IfsMenWellsPersonsEnoughFeelingsLightSpeakDealsReturnJokesDeserveMirrorsDareWorthyGenerousHeartedNot WorthyGood Hearted Author:Tessa Dare
“It's never been my desire to conquer you, Amelia. If you leave this room with me, it must be at my side. As my wife, my lover, my partner ...” His thumb brushed her lip. “My dearest friend.” IfsDesireSidesRoomsWifeLoversLipsMy WifePartnersConquerThumbsAmeliaMy LoverEndearmentDearest Friend Author:Tessa Dare
“Whatever soul I had, Katie, I think I placed it in your keeping twenty years ago. And now, it's as if...every time we kiss, you give a little piece of it back.” IfsThinkingGivingYearsLittlesSoulPiecesKissingYears AgoTwentiesKatie Author:Tessa Dare
“Before I found Minerva, I'd passed nights with more than my share of women." Thorne groaned. Don't. Just don't. "I've passed time with duchesses and farm girls, and it doesn't matter whether their skirts are silk or homespun. Once you get them bare--" Thorne drew up short. "If you start in on rivers of silk and alabaster orbs, I will have to hit you.” IfsMatterNightGirlFoundShareRiversFarmsSkirtsSilkOrbsDuchessMinervaFarm Girl Author:Tessa Dare
“Think of it like running down a slope. If you attempt to slow down and choose your steps, you’re bound to trip up and stumble.” IfsThinkingRunningStepsDown AndBoundsSlow DownSlopes Author:Tessa Dare
“I know how mirrors work. They're all in league with the cosmetics trade. They tell a woman lies. Drawing her gaze from one imagined flaw to another, until all she sees is a constellation of imperfections. If you could get outside yourself, borrow my eyes for just an instant... There is only beauty.” IfsKnowsEyeLyingKnow HowMirrorsTradeDrawingLeagueInstantFlawsImperfectionConstellationsCosmeticsWomen Lie Author:Tessa Dare
