Gina Conkle Quotes

#1. The primary reason to leave was her art; the singular reason to stay was a man.

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#2. I love the smell of you. Sea air, leather, and your skin...all of you." She sewed soft kisses over his chest, inching toward the hollow at the base of his neck. "You'll never be free of me."
His arms tightened like manacles, squeezing her closer. "Never have I wanted to be free of you.

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#3. I find I want to kiss you, my lord, but I'm baffled by that, since I'm also angry with you at the same time.

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#4. A woman on the verge of moral downfall ought to be well dressed. Claire's particular transgression was gartered to her thigh, a paper hidden by yards of silk. She walked through the empty alley, confident in one comforting truth: no one dared ask a lady what her skirts concealed...

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#5. My father and brother finessed their way through life ... politics, shipping ... both were skilled with people, where I lack all patience," he said quietly, speaking only to her. "My passion, my purpose is science. I've buried this too long.

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#6. Claire coaxed free another loop of cloth. The slow side of cotton against cotton matched the soft tenor or her voice.

'I have lots of talents Mr. Ryland. Listening is only one of them.

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#7. Science was the siren that lured him.

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#8. Freedom isn't found in a place, Hakan.

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#9. Helena smiled to herself, knowing they were discussing her...
"Even though she makes me a farmer?"
"She makes you a happy farmer.

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#10. She would rather not breathe if she couldn't paint.

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