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In the fairy tale you mentioned last night, I would probably be the villain. But it's possible the villain would treat you far better than the prince would have.

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Lisa Kleypas
Age: 60
Born: 1964
Born: November 5
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Captain Phelan,” Cam asked, choosing his words with care. “Have you come to ask for our consent to marry Beatrix?” Christopher shook his head. “If I decide to marry Beatrix, I’ll do it with or without your consent.” Leo looked at Cam. “Good God,” he said in disgust. “This one’s worse than Harry.
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I've always thought it was about finding the right person. But it's about choosing the right person, isn't it?
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Because I realized during the past few days that I can’t leave doubt in anyone’s mind about to whom you belong. Especially not yours.
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Women. You'll interpret anything as love. You see a man wearing an idiotic expression, and you assume he's been struck by Cupid's arrow when in reality, he's digesting a bad turnip.
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I never take advice, good or bad. That would only encourage more of it.
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I figured if I told it to myself often enough, I would start believing it.
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You have to rely on whatever sparks you have inside.
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Shaw...has a woman ever asked you to write a poem for her? Good God, no, Gideon replied with a snicker. Shaws don't write poetry. They pay others to write it for them and then take the credit for it.
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It's difficult for most of us to be completely honest with ourselves - we hate to admit how vulnerable or needful we are.
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It would only lead to disappointment, even heartbreak, and her heart was too precious for me to let that happen.
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The question, love, is whether you want me enough to take the risk.
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I’ve won his heart, but it’s like owning a house in which most of the doors are permanently locked. He wants to shield me from all unpleasantness. And it’s not really marriage—not like the marriage you have with Cam—until he’s willing to share the worst of himself as well as the best of himself.
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But we have to find ways of compromising when we disagree on something. You know what compromise is, right? Uh-huh. It's when you don't get to have everything your way and I don't get to have everything my way, and no one's happy.
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I didn't expect it was going to be easy. But hard work is a lot easier to tolerate when it's something you want to do instead of something you have no choice about.
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Anyone who had ever read a novel knew that governesses were supposed to be meek and downtrodden.
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You are your own worst enemy. If you can learn to stop expecting impossible perfection, in yourself and others, you may find the happiness that has always eluded you.
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A slow smile had curved St. Vincent's lips. 'Wives are a different case altogether. They require a great deal of effort but the rewards are substantial. I highly recommend wives. Especially one's own.
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Dad, I said hesitantly, I wish you could be there for me even when I'm doing the wrong thing. I wish you could love me even when I'm screwing up.
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It was unfair that people who longed for love the most, searched the hardest for it, found it so elusive.
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Friends are the support bras of life.
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