Top 60 Julianne Donaldson Quotes
#1. I had to be different ... so I would not be inferior. We could not occupy the same space together. Like horses in a race, I was tired of jostling for position and losing. I chose a different course so that losing would not be an option.
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#2. I felt a crack in my defenses - a weak place where truth knifed and twisted and pried for an opening
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#3. My heart would obey me, I was certain. I simply needed to be strict with it.
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#4. I can never look at a bird without thinking of you," he said. "I wonder what you will do with your wings once you have found them. I wonder how far away they will take you. And I fear them, for my sake, at the same time that I hope for them, for yours.
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#6. Don't think because I like to tease you that I don't take you seriously," he said in a quiet voice. "It is an honor to know what's in your heart, Marianne.
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#9. To be so near you without touching you is agony. Your blindness to my feelings is a daily torment, and I feel driven to the edge of madness by my love for you.
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#10. Of course, one must always take into consideration the modestly of the lady. Too subtle and she may miss your meaning all together. Too strong, and she may never look you in the face again.
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#11. I hope you do not let anyone else's expectations direct the course of your life.
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#12. Do not let anyone else's expectations direct the course of your life. I have discovered happiness in being true to who I am.
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#13. There was no escape from being unwanted. And that was the truth that struck at me the most deeply.
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#14. The decision is not mine to make," Philip said. "I promised Meg to Miss Marianne for the duration of her visit. You will have to ask her.
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#15. A trap closed around my heart, and in that moment, I was helpless. Whether she loved me for my money or myself, whether she loved me at all, whether her heart was even available for the winning ... none of it mattered. I was smitten to the core.
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#16. I thought you said he didn't hurt you. His voice was harsh. When he looked into my eyes, my heart turned over. He looked angry and rather dangerous, and all the more handsome for it.
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#18. Big cows,"
thump
"lumps of meat"
thump
. His eyes widened. "Give me milk"
thump
"warm and sweet"
thump.
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#19. I promise, Marianne Daventry," he began.
"I promise that I do not love you for your money
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#22. I think of marriage differently. A Companionship of like minds. A tie that binds, yes, but in the binding comes strength. A lifetime with your dearest friend as your truest and best companion. That is what it can be. I believe that.
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#25. What have I done to deserve that look? He asked in a low voice so that nobody else could hear.
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#26. I was, er, twirling," I said. His lips twitched. "I cannot imagine it. You must demonstrate for me." I glared at him. "I certainly will not. It was not meant for an audience. It was just something I did because ... " I waved my hand around, at a complete loss for words.
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#27. You don't want to be loved for your misfortune; I don't want to be loved for my possessions. Are we not similar in that way?
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#28. I think the most profound beauty is found in what our hearts love.
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#29. We'll have a duel in the morning on the moors. Plenty of fog. It will be quite dramatic, I daresay.
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#30. He crossed the room to me and grabbed me by the shoulders. In three steps, he had me backed up against the bookcase. Before I could do more than catch my breath, he took my face in his hands and kissed me.
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#31. We both stood there, as if on the brink of a cliff, and I didn't know if I moved if I would fall to hell or soar to heaven.
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#32. If I leaned toward him, something would happen. I was sure of it. But if I leaned away, nothing would happen. So I stayed perfectly still, balanced between something and nothing, not knowing which way I wanted to fall.
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#34. I will always want her," Philip said in a quiet, furious voice. "Always! There is nothing you could do to change that.
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#35. You are bright and fun and delightfully unexpected. You are brave and compassionate and selfless. And you are lovely beyond measure. I want you, all of you, just the way you are." He drew in a breath. "If you will have me.
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#36. There's something solid and constant about trees." I said quietly. "They may change through the seasons, but they're always there. They're dependable.
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#37. Words alone were ambiguous, unreliable. But what could be reliable, if not words
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#38. You are brave and loyal and true. You have such a good heart." He held my hand close to his chest and covered it with his other hand. "It is only afraid. But I would take such good care of it, love, if you would give it to me.
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#39. My heart swelled until I felt as if it might take over my entire being. I had landed in heaven. This was heaven.
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#40. Henry lifted his head and looked directly at me. I froze where I stood, feeling as if he had just told me a secret with that look. It was new . It was a question and a statement and a quick, hidden secret all at once..
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#41. Did he hurt you? The emotion I was trying to suppress clawed at my throat, unleashed by the gentleness in Philip's voice. Without warning, a tear slipped down my cheek. I swiped it away.
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#42. How could you not know that there is nothing in the world I want as much as I want you?
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#43. There are some favors that can't be bought, and some kindnesses that should only be given freely.
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#45. Where is your compassion when i need it most? Open your eyes, love, and see what is right before you: that I am not merely a friend, but a man deeply, desperately, in love with you.
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#46. He looked heavenward with a sigh. "Are you always this stubborn?" I thought about it for a moment. "Yes, I think I am." Philip's expression wavered between exasperation and amusement. Amusement won with a reluctant laugh.
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#47. I don't think I have ever met a lady like you, Miss Marianne Daventry, and I would feel very sorry to forget anything about this evening
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#48. Mr. Beaufort: "Then why do you want to know?"
Philip: "Because I would never make her say the words.
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#49. I felt like I did the first time I had been thrown from a horse, with the reins yanked from my hands and the ground rushing up at me. Then, as now, there was nothing I could do to prevent the pain that was coming.
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#50. But this was one contest he would not win. For I had painted my heart into that picture, and I would not let him have it.
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#51. Are you ready for your lesson in romance? Philip asked with a teasing gleam in his eye.
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#52. When I look into your eyes, I lose all sense of time and place. Reason robbed, clear thought erased, I am lost in the paradise I find within your gaze.
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#53. I have discovered happiness in being true to who I am. I hope you will give that idea some consideration.
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#54. The sensation I
had experienced vanished like smoke from a snuffed candle, leaving behind wisps of nameless
longing.
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#55. You are not The Giver of My Heart's Desire." I took a deep breath and smiled. "You are my heart's desire.
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#56. It was wild and dark and grand and tall and fierce and haunting all at once. And it thrilled me to the core. It thrilled me and it frightened me, for it whipped at my carefully closeted heart, much as the wind had whipped at my hair and skirts and sent my bonnet tumbling.
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#57. I feel caged. Always. I feel like I am this bird, trapped and stifled and caged, and I keep looking for a way to escape, but I am barred at every turn.
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#58. His arms surrounded me, pulling me close, holding me as if I was infinitely precious. I burned and trembled in his embrace.
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#59. I did not want Philip - that handsome, incorrigible, charming tease who stole hearts he had no intention of keeping.
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#60. I have never been told that I snore. I am sure you're mistaken." He grinned.
"You snore like a big, fat man."
A laugh burst from me. I was sure he was lying. "Stop it," I said, swatting at his shoulder. "You are so inappropriate. What gentleman tells a lady she snores?
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