Bertrice Small Quotes

#1. There scotsmen must have arses like leather,for while he ate I could see naught beneath his kilts but a pair of rather large balls , the secretary told him . - philippa

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#2. Was there really such a thing as forever? Nay. There was but a moment in time, and those who were wise lived each moment to its fullest, for a moment gone could never come again.

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#3. It is their constant carping that has really made them old. Age is but another step in the natural cycle of life. We are growing old from the moment of our birth.

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#4. Beauty, it would seem, was both a blessing and a curse.

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#5. She was gone over the side of the vessel to be swung down in the bosun's

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#6. The gentlemen like it when a lady smells sweet.

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#7. Seducing highborn ladies, and raping peasant girls was a lark, but when Piers had suggested murder, he had thought him simply struggling with the frustration of losing for the first time in his life.

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#8. The Queen, in love with love, returned her royal consent. [allowing newlyweds to honeymoon in private instead of appearing at Court to Queen Elizabeth I]

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#9. Did you not take the opportunity to bathe, gentlemen? Valentina questioned them, trying to take her mind off her body, which felt unusually sensitive in this sultry climate. The silk of her gown seemed to rub against her nipples with every breath.

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#10. You must fetter his soul before you bind your body to his in lovemaking,

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#11. I speak from the heart words I have no right to say. Words that I should have never uttered to you, yet I cannot help myself. I love you and I shall love you through eternity itself.

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