Anne Mallory Quotes

#1. She thought back to what Roman had said. That the power rested in her lap. The problem was that internalizing that revelation also meant decisions could no longer be pushed aside.

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#2. Better to leave dreams behind and go forward with purpose.

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#3. Emotions are lovely. Even if they fall to the negative for a time. The sun will rise again another day. The sadness perhaps never forgotten, but a new day enjoyed in another way. A way that could not have been but for the sadness's existence.

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#4. This was what marriage was like, being able to look one's fill.

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#5. Yes. She got into a right state when she realized no one could read them, though. She's setting up some sort of literacy curse. Some of the boys want to know
is that like gypsy magic? Can you curse someone to read?

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#6. Gabriel didn't need to look back. To see. He trusted his friend. He smiled grimly. And wasn't that the crux?

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#7. Some people get dealt all the aces in life.

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#8. You will be my conscience, and I will be your shame.

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#9. She
touched his hand, and he went stock-still. She
leaned over to examine it, the top of her head
brushing beneath his nose. Only his sudden
immobility stopped him from violently pulling away.
"From the candles?" Had she bathed in bloody
honey?

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#10. Never frightening her with anything but her own feelings for him.

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#11. Marietta is good for you, Gabriel. I quite like her. Don't be a fool and let her go."
"I can do nothing but let her go, John. Sometimes love can only be given by setting someone free.

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#12. Lies from the closest to you are often the most numerous and paralyzing.

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#13. I understand what it is like to rely on beauty and know the shallowness of it ... Yet, it is impossible to say if you would have caught my attention the first time had you been plain and wrapped in brown. Thus remains the endless dilemma of beauty's impressionable curse.

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#14. You just threatened them with a gun. I think I just threatened them with a gun. We got the money back. They actually returned it.' She took another shaky step. 'I feel so ... vibrant.'
His eyes were cynical. 'Delayed emotion. Don't do anything stupid because of it.

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#15. Mr. Wiggles seems
taken with you."
"It tried to urinate on me the other day. I prefer not
to be 'taken' by something like that.

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#16. Change was Fate' the Romans said. well, Andreas loathed Fate, That Bitch.

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#17. I never realized Death was so fleet of foot.'
'The fleetest. Always dancing in the shadows.'
'Always waiting for his next partner?'
'Dancing through a long list until he finds the perfect one.

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#18. Rumors often reflect the wishes of others.

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#19. I think you quite extraordinary.' He used the action of pulling off his undershirt to hide his face. Bare to the waist, he didn't feel as naked now that there was more exposed than just his expression.

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#20. She gifted him with that soft smile. And it did that
strange thing to his insides. He would probably lead
a revolt against the king if she asked him to do it
while wearing that smile.

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#21. Instead of finding her in the shadows, this visit would anchor something between them in rising daylight.

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#22. She waited until Jeremy's footsteps receded. "I didn't know you had a brother."
"Now you do." He continued writing.
"Do you have any other siblings?"
"No."
"Parents?"
"I didn't crawl out of Hell, if that's what you are asking.

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#23. Every good seduction first begins with a baited hook.

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#24. Go somewhere else. Somewhere safer.
Anywhere else. God, please. Or he was likely to do something horribly awful, like surrender his sanity and kiss her.

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#25. Sometimes one appears to have more freedom than one actually possesses. It is easy to see what one wishes to see.

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#26. You read a lot?" Galina finally asked.
"Yes. It's an escape into another world." She tried to keep her words light instead of sad, thoughts of her family in her head. "Sometimes that is the best part of a hard day.

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#27. [My marriage to Abby] won't even be a blip on the gossip sheets unless we treat it as such.'
'Everything is fodder for the gossip sheets.'
'Not if we don't dignify it with a response and just go along as if this is the way things will be.

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#28. Her pride had once been a mile wide. So fierce and strong that she'd thought she could survive on the trait alone. The constant ache in her belly, the desperation, Kenny's fate ... all had shown her otherwise.

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#29. Will you oblige me then?' His voice was low and smooth, nearly whispered ...
Everything froze for a moment. Even the flickering lamps seemed to pause, flames surging upward and waiting ...
'No.

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#30. I would destroy the city if something happened to you. I can't even bear the thought of it.

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#31. She leaned down, a fraction closer, and for some
reason unknown to man, he lifted his head the tiniest
bit. Enough so she could brush his cheek with her
lips. Good night, Mr. Merrick.

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#32. Books allow readers to determine what they wish. People often aren't quite as forgiving if you don't read or see exactly what they wish you to.

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#33. Sometimes the world is better off if one always defaults to option number two.

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#34. Tell me what has happened in this week that you've been absent from my window.

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#35. Foolhardy to put your trust where it is easy to create falsehood.

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#36. A pink fluttering bird flew across her mind.

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#37. No." She smiled. "I am exactly where I need to be.
I have no desire to enter negotiations with Lord
Garrett and his heir."
He couldn't keep down his dark pleasure at that.

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#38. Beauty is something that is hard to debate. Every man thinks his ideal the best. But the wittiest woman rise to the top of this structure, conventional beauty often taking a back seat to a woman possessed of a clever tongue.

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#39. No one is fine on his own. People just say they are.

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#40. Sometimes the measure of a person can only be gleaned through his interactions with others.

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#41. The duke's eyes were dark, but there was a glaze there. Pride in his dark son.

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