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What is the world coming to, with these modern women? A man can't tell them what to do.

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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.
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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?
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Men never hesitated to declare their presence. They were permitted to live aloud, in reverberating thuds and clunks, while ladies were always schooled to abide in hushed whispers.
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So there’s an . . . an etiquette to raking. Some seducer’s code of honor. Is this what you’re telling me?
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Amazing, then, how with that one remark, he made a mortifying situation thirteen times worse.
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Is it truly so unfathomable, that an imperfect girl might be perfectly loved?
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Cleverness is like rouge - liberal application makes a woman look common and desperate. Wit is knowing how to apply it.
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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.
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The Blushing Pansy, his cousin read aloud, in a tone of abject horror. Tea shop and confectionery. Bram swore. This was going to be ugly.
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I’m so sorry to disappoint you,” she said, breathing hard. “But it would take far more than that to scare me.” A quick flex of his arms, and their bodies collided. And he whispered, just as his mouth fell on hers, “God, I was hoping you’d say that.
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Mr. Sand, do you think it's possible to fall in love in the space of a single day? He smiled. I wouldn't know. I only fall in love at night. Never lasts beyond breakfast, though.
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Jesus. Jesus Christ and Mary Magdalene. Delilah, Jezebel, Salome, Judith, Eve. Trouble, every last one. Add Minerva Highwood to the list.
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I'm male. You rubbed your...femaleness all over me. I didn't think. I reacted.
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Oh no. Oh God. I couldn't possibly be so stupid. Don't limit yourself. You can be anything you wish.
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Kate realized she had a grave problem. She was infatuated. Or mildly insane. Possibly both.
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