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You will soon discover that in matters of the heart, memories are much kinder than reality

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Judith McNaught
Age: 80
Born: 1944
Born: May 10
Author
Novelist
Writer
San Luis Obispo
California
Matter
Heart
Much
Kinder
Discover
Matters
Soon
Memories
Reality

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Now they are empty, Ramon replied with a shrug of broad, muscled shoulders on his six-foot-three-inch frame....For the first time, a glint of humor touched Ramon Galverra's finely sculpted mouth and arrogant dark eyes.
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Jason, stop this,” she pleaded. “You don’t want to kiss me. You don’t even like me more than a little when you aren’t foxed” A harsh laugh escaped him. “I like you too damned much!” he whispered bitterly, then pulled her head down and captured her lips in a demaning, scalding kiss that took everything and give nothing in return.
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I ought to break your neck! Clayton interrupted. Too late, Whitney realized that she shouldn't have been standing all this time on her injured knee. Allow me to congratulate you on a fine day's work, Madam, he said sternly. In less than twelve hours, you've brought Whitticomb to your side and Cuthbert to your feet.
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Royce's eyes narrowed in discouragement at the thoght of having to sing to jenny. his deep bariton voice would surely bring every hound for miles to yap and nip at his heels.
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True beauty springs from the heart and dwells in the eyes.
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I do not believe that grief is ever so great that it can not be contained within.
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People who talk less frequently notice more.
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Royce Westmoreland stared at him with biting scorn. I despise hypocrisy, particularly when it is coated with holiness. May I ask for a specific example? Fat priests, Royce replied, with fat purses, who lecture staving peasants on the dangers of gluttony and the merits of poverty.
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Elizabeth, if you want to be kissed, all you have to do is put your lips on mine.
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The two of them simply weren't attracted to just any attractive, eligible man they were attracted rarely, but when it happened, it was evidently a life-altering experience.
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Matt: I know you can cook. Meredith: What makes you so sure? Matt: Because less than an hour ago, you set me on fire.
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Which brings me to the question of why we always 'fall' in love. One falls down steps, off ladders, into rivers and down mountains. If love is so wonderful, why don't we soar in love or climb in love?
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Life was wonderful, so filled with people and activities, with love and laughter.
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Love and all the obsessive behaviors associated with it, was an absurd emotion.
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Either give me your hand, or end it now, and put us both out of our misery
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Feeling a little foolish over her confidences, Elizabeth glanced up at him with an embarrassed smile. “What is the most beautiful place you’ve ever seen?” Dragging his gaze from the beauty of the gardens, Ian looked down at the beauty beside him. “Any place,” he said huskily, “where you are.
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I think we women underrate ourselves when it comes to our courage and strength.
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After all, it's not every day a woman is given a kingdom of dreams.
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Reformed rakes often make the best husbands
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Whitney: You black-hearted, treacherous, conniving scoundrel. Clayton: Your flattery warms my heart
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