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You don't always have to kiss a lot of frogs to recognize a prince when you find one -Henrietta Barett

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Julia Quinn
Age: 54
Born: 1970
Born: January 12
Author
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Evergreen State
Julie Cotler
Julie Pottinger
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Frogs
Prince
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And if you say that's because you lot barged into her home like a herd of mentally deficient sheep, I'm disowning all three of you.
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Don’t look so upset,” Hyacinth said, once it was just the two of them again. “You’re quite a catch.” He looked at her assessingly. “Is one meant to say such things quite so directly?” She shrugged. “Not to men one is trying to impress.” “Touché, Miss Bridgerton.” She sighed happily. “My three favorite words.” Of that, he had no doubt.
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Interesting, he later reflected, was perhaps not the correct word.By the time he and Henry arrived back at the house for their midday meal-a scrumptious bowl of hot, sticky porridge-he had mucked out the stable stalls, milked a cow, been pecked by three separate hens, weeded a vegetable garden, and fallen into a trough.
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Society is capricious and rewards the bad as often as the good. But it never rewards the quiet.
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And so Harry became proficient in the task of cleaning up vomit.
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He shook his head in wonder. You are magnificent. I keep telling everyone that, she said with a nonchalant shrug, but you seem to be the only one to believe me.
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It has oft been said that physicians make the worst patients, but it is the opinion of This Author that any man makes a terrible patient. One might say it takes patience to be a patient, and heaven knows, the males of our species lack an abundance of patience.
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Anthony looked down at his evil clutches -- hands, he reminded himself, hands -- and grinned anew.
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The girl doesn’t need a violin,” he added. “She needs to have her hands bound so she can never touch an instrument again.
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Am I not allowed to have my pride? Or is that an emotion reserved for the elite?
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He wondered if she'd mind if he threw her down on the blanket and tore off her clothing. (..) She looked heartbreakingly innocent. Alex sighed. She'd probably mind.
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I can imagine no greater bliss than to lie about, reading novels all day.
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Thou Shalt Not Covet Thy Cousin‟s Wife. Moses must have forgotten to write that one down
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And for the rest of the night, he couldn’t quite forget the smell of her perfume. Or maybe it was the soft sound of her chuckle. Or maybe it was neither of those things. Maybe it was just her.
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You might wish to revisit your understanding of the word everything.” Gregory turned to his mother. “Vocabulary and comprehension were never her strong suits.” Violet rolled her eyes. “Every day I marvel that the two of you managed to reach adulthood.” “Afraid we’d kill each other?” Gregory quipped. “No, that I’d do the job myself.
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Nonetheless, I can't help but be flattered that you noticed the latest addition to my collection, he said. She rolled her eyes. Because personal injuries are such a dignified thing to collect. Are all governesses so sarcastic?
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In three days, he continued, I will be your husband. I will take a solemn vow to protect you until death do us part. Do you understand what that means? You'll save me from marauding minotaurs?
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She needed him to be him. Even if he could not be hers.
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Men. The day they learned to admit to a mistake was the day they became women.
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It was juvenile, he knew, this need to assign blame, but everyone had a right to childish emotions from time to time, didn't they?
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