C Quotes
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“Charlotte groaned feverishly, a tension building within her core that begged for release.
Grunting, he lifted his hips slightly, expertly angling his body so that part of him pressed against the nubbin of flesh.
She called out his name, clasping his shoulders. Her hips pumped furiously now, a building, pulsing ache growing and growing, winding tighter and tighter still. Until it exploded.
And then they both cried out, surging upward and down, their bodies shaking with pleasure.”
Source: To Wed a Wicked Earl
“Charlotte had been surrounded by men most of her adult life. Only one attracted her, only one had she fallen in love with – and he turned out to be cruel and broke her heart. But he was dead. She had killed him. He was a Nazi, an SS officer, dashing and charismatic … an evil person.”
Source: The Wasp Trap
“Charlotte had purchased the patio set at the local Goodwill when she first moved in, thinking of afternoons like this, softly fragranced with salt air and the sweet scent of the brugmansia blooms, exactly the kind of Southern coastal summers you read about in novels.”
Source: Other Birds: A Novel
“Charlotte hadn't seen or heard anyone approaching, so she yelped when the stranger hoisted her into his arms. All she could do was stare blankly at the absolute strinking male who had just scooped her up and now held her in his arms. She thought she was hallucinating, because this mysterious guy was seriously cute. She wasn't usually at a loss for words, but she had completely lost her ability to think straight, so she decided to keep her mouth shut.”
Source: Betting on Fate
“Charlotte held up the glass ball. It was the size of an apple and was one of her prettiest, graduating from clear on top to a bubbled lavender color on the bottom. One of the glassblowers at the Sugar Warehouse had made it. "I came over to give you a housewarming gift. Welcome to the Dellawisp."
Surprise registered on Zoey's face. She stepped out onto the patio and took the ball from her. Sunlight caught the three strings of glass suspended inside and made them shimmer like icicles.
"It's called a witch ball," Charlotte said, stuffing her hands into the pockets of her cutoffs. "Those thin glass strings are supposed to catch spirits that come into your house and trap them inside the ball, protecting you from them. If the ball breaks, it means you have a particularly strong ghost.”
Source: Other Birds: A Novel
“Charlotte is a city with both feet planted firmly in the New South, with the emphasis on the 'new'.”
Source: Moving To Charlotte The Un-Tourist Guide
“Charlotte." Kate attempted to distract the child from her endless questions and held up the glass tube. "This is wulfsyl. I can't be sure it's correct."
The girl looked at Kate with excitement, then asked hopefully, "Will it stop me from eating someone?"
Kate looked uncomfortable. "We believe that if you take it now, you will n ever have to eat someone."
"But what if I do?"
"Eat Malcolm," Simon suggested.”
Source: The Undying Legion
“Charlotte leaned forward across the table. “The Dark Sisters never mentioned what use they intended to make of your abilities, did they?” “You know about the Magister.” Tessa said. “They said they were preparing me for him.” “For him to do what?” Will asked. “Eat you for dinner?” Tessa shook her head. “To – to marry me, they said.” “To marry you?” Jessamine was openly scornful. “That’s ridiculous. They were probably going to blood sacrifice you and didn’t want you to panic.” (page 78)”
Source: Clockwork Angel
“Charlotte looked up doubtfully, wondering why, as she got older, she seemed to be more afraid of things, not less.”
Source: Charlotte Sometimes
“Charlotte North Carolina is one of the greatest cities on earth in regard to business and entrepreneurship.”
“Charlotte Rampling is someone I've wanted to work with for a very long time. I've always looked up to her as an actress and it's a reason why I feel brave to do a film like Melancholia. So, to me she's the ultimate.”
“Charlotte Rampling, when she was younger, looked exactly like my wife. That's one of the reasons that when I first saw my wife, my knees buckled. Based on her looks alone, she was already in my kitchen making eggs.”
“Charlotte said that if I chose, I could cease to be a Gray and take the name my mother should have had before she was married. I could be a Starkweather. I could have a true Shadowhunter name." She heard Will exhale a breath. It came out a puff of white in the cold. His eyes were blue and wide and clear, fixed on her face. He wore the expression of a man who had steeled himself to do a terrifying thing, and was carrying it through. "Of course you can have a true Shadowhunter name," Will said. "You can have mine.”
“Charlotte sighed inwardly. She knew her mother was serious when she started referring to shellfish. What did that mean, anyway? What's so great about the world being your oyster? Does that mean it's really hard to open, and when you do, you have something slimy and gross on the inside?”
Source: The Shadow Thieves
“Charlotte slammed the paper down onto her desk with an exclamation of rage. “Aloysius Starkweather is the most stubborn, hypocritical, obstinate, degenerate—” She broke off, clearly fighting for control of her temper. Tessa had never seen Charlotte’s mouth so firmly set into a hard line. “Would you like a thesaurus?” Will inquired. “You seem to be running out of words.”
Source: The Infernal Devices: Clockwork Angel; Clockwork Prince; Clockwork Princess
“Charlotte slid a glance at Rothbury. Diagonally across from their little cluster, he lounged on an ornate garden chair that looked as if it was designed specifically for the dainty bottom of an English miss- not the long-legged grown man who was currently occupying it. Indeed, it looked in danger of crumbling under his weight.
Charlotte pressed her lips together, suppressing the need to smile. There was nothing like delicate furniture to make a man seem even more incredibly masculine than he already was.”
Source: To Wed a Wicked Earl
“Charlotte stood, her gaze instantly connecting with Rothbury's. A zing of awareness tingled down her spine.
Dripping with sensuality, the earl stood with his back to the wall, his stance, as always, exuding a lazy confidence. The damp spring air in the crowded room caused his dark-blond locks to curl slightly where wisps had escaped the velvet queue secured behind his neck. He wore no costume, no mask, which of course wasn't required, therefore catching the eye of every warm-blooded female within a two-hundred-foot radius.
It wasn't an exaggeration. The sighs of feminine appreciation surrounded Charlotte. Though she found it slightly ridiculous, she could not find it in herself to blame them. He was simply that fetching.
His expertly cut dark gray coat hugged his broad shoulders, and his stark white cravat, frothy with elegant folds, emphasized his chiseled chin, gold with faint bristles. And his mouth- oh, that glorious mouth- both haughty and wicked, curving with his ever-present sagacious grin. Lord, what it must feel like to have those lips touch one's own.
Charlotte gave an appreciative sigh, drinking up the sight of him. For a masquerade, his plain evening clothes on any other man would have lent him to fade into the background. But not Rothbury. Dear heavens, no. It only added to his sinful, blush-inducing appeal.”
Source: To Wed a Wicked Earl
“Charlotte was like the wind. You couldn't control it anymore than you could control her.”
Source: What Happened to Charlotte?
“Charlotte was like the wind. You couldn't tame it anymore than you could tame her.”
Source: Charlotte
“Charlotte's Web Life is magic, the way nature works seems to be quite magical.”
“Charlotte, darling," Henry said to his wife, who was staring at him in gape-mouthed horror. Jessamine, beside her, was wide eyed. "Sorry I'm late. You know, I think I might nearly have the Sensor working-" Will interrupted. "Henry," he said, "You're on fire. You do know that don't you?”
Source: The Infernal Devices: Clockwork Angel; Clockwork Prince; Clockwork Princess
“Charlotte, having seen his body Borne before her on a shutter, Like a well-conducted person, Went on cutting bread and butter.”
Source: Miscellanies: Ballads. The book of snobs. The tremendous adventures of Major Gahagan. The fatal boots. Cox's diary
“Charlotte, who had sagged back in her chair, her eyes half-closed, said, “Will, I have already been up all night copying down the relevant parts. Much of it was—” “Gibberish?” Jem suggested. “Pornographic?” said Will at the same time. “Could be both,” said Will. “Haven’t you ever heard of pornographic gibberish before?”
Source: Clockwork Princess
“Charlotte, Will’s being vexing.' 'And the sun has come up in the east,' said Jem, to no one in particular.”
Source: The Infernal Devices: Clockwork Angel; Clockwork Prince; Clockwork Princess
“CHARLTON: (...) ¡Nadie, nadie hizo caso a la ciencia! Fue tan fácil filtrar una mentira y hacerla viral...”
Source: Neosainetes cósmicos
“Charm and charisma can open doors, but it's the hidden darkness within that often seals the deal in the ruthless world of leadership.”
Source: The Reflection "Success or Stress" Choose Wisely
“Charm and nothing but charm at last grows a little tiresome. It's a relief then to deal with a man who isn't quite so delightful but a little more sincere.”
“Charm and perfection hardly cooperate. Charm premises little mistakes which one would like to cover.”
“Charm has an occasional contrary concomitant, heartlessness. The virtuoso is so pleased by the way he produces his effects that he disregards the audience. Once Dorothy Thompson came in to see FDR after a comparatively long period of having been snubbed by the White House—although she had deserted Wilkie for Roosevelt during the campaign just concluded, and as a result had been fired from The New York Herald Tribune, the best job she ever had. Roosevelt greeted her with the remark, "Dorothy, you lost your job, but I kept mine—ha, ha!”
Source: Roosevelt In Retrospect: A Profile in History
“Charm is a cunning self-forgetfulness.”
Source: House of All Nations
“Charm is a glow within a woman which casts a most becoming light on others.”
“Charm is a product of the unexpected.”
“Charm is a way of getting the answer 'Yes' without asking a clear question.”
“Charm is always genuine; it may be superficial but it isn't false.”
Source: The Children of Men
“Charm is an odorless perfume, which cannot be anchored in the chemists' test tube. It is a permeation, a radiation. It emanates from the climate of a warm human spirit, which not only contains light, but gives it off.”
“Charm is getting people to say "yes" without ever having to ask them a question.”
Source: The Bridal Season: A Loveswept Classic Romance
“Charm is more valuable than beauty. You can resist beauty, but you can't resist charm.”
“Charm is often despised but I can never see why. No one has it who isn't capable of genuinely liking others, at least at the actual moment of meeting and speaking. Charm is always genuine; it may be superficial but it isn't false.”
Source: The Children of Men
“Charm is simply the art of being pleasing.”
“Charm is that extra quality that defies description.”
“Charm is the ability to insult people without offending them; nerdiness the reverse”
Source: The Bed of Procrustes: Philosophical and Practical Aphorisms
“Charm is the ability to make others forget that you look as you do.”
“Charm is the ability to make someone else think that both of you are pretty wonderful.”
“Charm is the enchanted dart, light and subtle as a hummingbird. But it is deceptive in one thing: like a sense of humor, if you think you've got it, you probably haven't.”
“Charm is the great English blight. It does not exist outside these damp islands. It spots and kills anything it touches. It kills love; it kills art; I greatly fear, my dear Charles, it has killed you.”
Source: The world of Evelyn Waugh
“Charm is the true gift of the Fairies.”
Source: The Complete Fairy Tales of Charles Perrault
“Charm is to a woman what perfume is to a flower.”
“Charm lies in complete forgetfulness of self.”
“Charm me into giving you the red M&Ms. They’re my favorite.'
I looked Hades in the eyes. 'Give me the red M&Ms.'
'Still not good enough.'
'Give me the damn M&Ms,"'I snapped.
He snickered. 'That wasn’t very charming.”
Source: Persephone
“Charm might be described as enlightened self-interest, a development of one's best self. ... In the simplest possible terms, I think genuine charm is an unmotivated interest in others.”
Source: That Certain Something; the Magic of Charm