Anne Gracie Quotes

#1. Prettiness fades after a few years, but elegance only increases with age.

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#2. When a rake falls, he falls forever.

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#3. If you were mine, I'd never leave you, Prudence. I couldn't.

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#4. There is no need to shove, his duchess said snippily.
There is every need. Think of it not as shoving, but an affectionate nudge.

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#5. How did you ask a man, "Oh, by the way, did you ask me to marry you the other day or were you merely suggesting I become your mistress?" Formality was the key to surviving this, she hoped.

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#6. Women need to hear the words. They don't need the world conquered for them, but they do need a man to speak the words that are in his heart.

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#7. You know your fear is both false and illogical, but you fear it anyway.

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#8. When a rake falls, he falls forever. <3

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#9. Do you think ladies' eyebrows can communicate as well?" she asked.
"No, they don't have sufficient thicketry," he said with authority.
"Thicketry?"
"Yes, that is the official term.

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#10. I could still box your ears."
"Nonsense," he scoffed. "You couldn't reach that high.

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#11. And they say an addiction to novels is bad for you.

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#12. Did he know she could barely think, let alone speak, for awareness of proximity of his fingers?
Of course he knew. He was a rake. This is what he did.

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#13. One word frees us all the weight and pain of life:
That word is Love.
-Sophocles

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#14. Even when no one loves you, there is always someone to love, someone who needs to be loved. Always. You just have to look outside yourself.

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#15. Yes. And when a rake finally falls, he falls forever.

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#16. Well, go on then, Abby; run along and let the nice man compromise you.

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#17. What the dev - er, deuce did you do that for? It hurt!"
"Good," said the angel. "I was afraid these new shoes would not be sturdy enough.

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#18. Max, the trouble with you is for the last nine years - well, most of your life, come to think of it - you've lived in a masculine world; you're used to logic, reason, sense. Females don't think like we do; they're emotional.

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#19. I was shy, said six-foot-one of bashful male. He grunted as a sharp, feminine elbow thudded inconspicuously into his side.

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#20. Lord Carradice managed to look wicked, smug, and saintly, all at the same time.

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#21. They'd be complaining about having to walk, and screeching at me to 'do something, Freddy, do something!'"
"But what could you do?" she said, puzzled.
"Carry them, probably." He gave her a hopeful look. "Do you want me to carry you?

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#22. What if I shave?" he said. "I look much better when I'm shaved. My cousin will vouch for that - do I not look almost handsome when I shave, Edward? " He didn't wait for the duke's reply but turned earnestly back to Prudence. "Do you think you could marry me if I shaved?

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