Kady Cross Quotes

#1. Finley hesitated. Maybe he'd move out of her way and let her pass.
Or a voice in her head whispered - her voice - you could kick his teeth in.

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#2. You aligned yourself with the wron fella and there were consequences. Now you can wallow in it, or you can pull that thick head of yours out of your posterior and help us figure out how to fix things.

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#3. What are you?" Lady Marsden asked, not bothering to hide her surprise. Obviously the lady was not accustomed to being caught snooping, let alone shut down twice.
"I have no idea,

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#4. Then, like a scene in a comedy - their lips but a breath away from touching - the door to the library burst open and Sam charged into the room like a bull, a map in his hands and Jasper hot on his heels.
Bloody hell, they had brilliant timing.

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#5. The sleeping beauty in the fairy tale was awakened by the kiss of her prince. Finley woke up to the over-whelming and oh-so-not-delightful smell of vinegar.
"Bloody hell!" She cried, lurching upright.

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#6. Not everyone sees the goof in people like you do Emmy" Sam said
"She even sees the good in you

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#7. Bloody stars, if this was what it was going to be like having both halves of herself merged into one, she wasn't so certain she wanted to do it. Before evrething was morally black or white, and now if was becoming alarmingly gray.

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#8. You think I pretend weakness?"
She nodded. "Not weakness, but you like to let others think they're in control, when it's you.

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#9. Don't mistake me, Treasure. I can offer you many things, but friendship ain't one of them. Now, for once in your life, be a sensible girl and run away.

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#10. There were moments in a person's life that they would carry with them until their dying day, and Finely knew the moment Jasper's heart broke would be one of those for her.

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#11. It was a little disappointing, really. As an inventor he could at least have had a hunchback assistant, or perhaps a metal one.

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#12. Don't cry, Treasure. You'll get me all wet and then I'll melt. I'm made of sugar, don't you know.

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#13. Finely dropped her head, squeezed her eyes shut and began silently to do what some might call praying, she called it begging.

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#14. Emily's ginger brows were knit tight, the edges of each almost meeting over the bridge of her pert nose. You know I will, you daft baggage. As if we have any other option.

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#15. Guilt was not a good look for him - it gave one unsightly lines. And now he felt bad for being rude to the housekeeper, as well. Damnation. He was going to have to cheat at cards and seduce a married woman just to get his equilibrium back.

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#16. Finely blinked, "Griffin?"
"That's my girl." He murmured in a low tone, so no one but her could hear. Then, as the crowd drew too close, he swept her away,

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#17. Don't you dare die. You have to live so I can curse you up and down for scaring me like this

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#18. My knee struck a tree root as my vision went black. Suddenly, I was in a building at Haven Crest, kneeling on the floor. Blood, thick and clotted like canned cherries, crept down the walls. The lights above my head flickered off then on with a menacing hum.

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#19. Griff. I bet he's never met a gal like you before."
"I should hope not," she replied glibly, but heat filled her cheeks. "Nature couldn't possibly make two mistakes like me."
"You're not a mistake. Don't you ever think of yourself that way. You're exactly as you ought to be.

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#20. Even though he knew what she could do, he wasn't the lest bit afraid. It made her wonder what kind of monster lived inside of him.

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#21. I can't promise that I'll never be an ass, or that I'll never make you cry. I can't promise that I won't make you so angry you want to cosh me over the head with a brick. I can't promise you forever ... I'd love to, but I can give you right now. I can give you me in all my defective glory.

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#22. Just smashing for a girl's confidence, that was. Nothing like having a bloke's attention wander when you were doing your best to divert him.

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#23. I won't keep you from your beauty rest for long, Jack," Finley shot back as she strode into the drawing room. ( ... )
"I should 'ope not, luv. It takes a lot of rest to be this gorgeous.

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#24. Finley?" His voice was weak, but there was no mistaking it.
"Griffin?" Joy skipped in her chest. "You're awake."
His forehead wrinkled, and his eyelashes fluttered. "Are you crying? My face is wet."
"Of course not," she lied. "Sam was here before me. It must have been him.

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#25. It seemed humans, the scientifically minded ones at least, were either tempting death or trying to prolong life. Surely that was an indication of madness.

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#26. Her heart kicked hard against her ribs, seized by a terrible fear that refused to let go no matter how hard she pushed.

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#27. The older woman smiled. 'You're a good girl, my dear. Just what His Grace needs - someone to take him in hand.' Finley didn't think that meant quite what came to mind.

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#28. Dandy?" Sam was full-on scowling now. "What the hell does that scoundrel want?"
Finley returned his dark expression with one of her own. "You shouldn't use words you can't spell, mutton head.

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#29. Sam glanced at him. "Feeling sorry for yourself, are you? I suppose you're allowed. I mean, look at how bloody awful your life is."
"Sarcasm doesn't become you," Griffin retorted.

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#30. I reckon that's the one thing you and I have in common - we both care about Em."
She gave him a small smile. "And we both have naturally charming dispositions."
His lips curved a little at her sarcasm. "That, too.

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#31. There was something in his gaze that told her he liked how she looked in his clothes. It had to be a bloke thing, because she certainly wouldn't want to see him wearing hers.

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#32. She didn't want to believe the pretty gentleman capable of such violence, but she had learned the hard way that pretty gentlemen were often the worst of the lot.

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#33. So Finley did what so many rich girls did when confronted with a situation they did not want to face. She rolled her eyes back into her head and pretended to faint.

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#34. This is delicious," she said, when she finally recovered enough to speak.
Jack was watching her in a curious manner. "You could have 'em every morning if you want.

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#35. I cannot tell my heart what to feel.

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#36. You have a point," he conceded. "Shall I put my foot down? How about I issue an ultimatum? Its Dandy or me. What would you say to that, Miss Jayne?"
Her honey-brown eyebrows lifted, "I would probably choose Dandy just to spite you.

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#37. Sam seemed to have this old-fashioned notion that women needed to be protected. Some of the most devious people Griff had ever encountered had been female. He didn't share the sentiment.

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#38. Spending all this time fretting and fawning over a bloke just wasn't her. If this was what infatuation did to a girl she'd take herself off to a convent in the morning.

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#39. It was at that moment, that even though she'd thought it before, Finley realized that Emily was a bloody genius.

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#40. They were alike, they were. Both predators, both dangerous and both vain. And they each found the other fascinating.

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#41. Who do you think keeps this country safe so you can sleep at night?"
"I don't sleep most nights. And to be honest, Your Grace, I don't feel all that safe.

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#42. Learn from it and then let it go. Dwelling never helped anyone.

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#43. Tesla might not have invented a machine for going back in time, but Griffin thought he'd just found a way to stop it.

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#44. Why is it I only get to see you with your shirt off when you're hurt?

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#45. You don't look so special"
"You're looking in the wrong place," he replied with a hint of a smile. "Look into my eyes.

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#46. Coming back for more, eh?" Felix grinned at her. "I like a little fight in my girls." She grinned at him, causing blood to dribble down her chin. "Then you're going to love me.

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#47. Artistocrats were a queer lot - marrying for money, staying with spouses they couldn't stand, living by all manner of foolish rules. Selling their daughters to save their own hides.

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#48. You didn't discover a secret passage into someone's palace and not tell them everything you knew about it.

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#49. Miss her a little? God, was she daft? He was going to miss her more than a little. No, he wasn't. He leaped to his feet and practically ran to the door. He wasn't going to miss her at all. He was going to find her and bring her home.

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#50. You want a torch or a candle, maybe? You've got your head so far up your own arse, it must be dark in there. -Sam

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#51. You're the very spawn of Satan and I'll not have you darken this door ever again.

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#52. What would I do without you to give me clarity?"
"I imagine you'd suffocate yourself by shoving your head too far up your own backside.

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#53. Wasn't living your life based around what people thought and expected of you a little... well, stupid?

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#54. I thought you lot brought a buildin' down on 'is 'ead."
"We did," Sam replied before she could. "I don't think it took.

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#55. Thank you," she said, tears leaking out of her eyes. "Thank you so much."
A gentle and hesitant hand came down on her back. "Don't cry, Treasure. You'll get me all wet and then I'll melt. I'm made of sugar, don't you know."
(Jack Dandy And Finley)

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#56. The Machinist ain't exactly loquacious when it comes down to his nefarious undertakings.

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#57. What's the matter with her? [Jasper] asked Griffin.
Griffin shook his head. 'Nothing. She's just two personas struggling for dominance in one body.'
[Jasper] ... Poor little thing.

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#58. He doesn't lie so much as wrap the truth in temptation.

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#59. As frightening as we may think her, I believe she finds herself even more so.

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#60. Jasper waited until the man was gone before asking, "You ever get tired of folks puckerin' up to your backside?"
Griffin faced him with mock gravity. "Yes. It is deuced tiring, people doing whatever I wish. Makes my life so very disagreeable.

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#61. It was almost romantic, in a mad-inventor sort of way.

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#62. There's darkness in me that I can't always control. If you like a girl with a secret side, then you're gonna love me.

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#63. How had he survived? And then he looked deep into her eyes and he saw the truth there. He hadn't.
He hadn't survived.

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#64. What am I?"
She grinned. "A pain in my posterior."
He smiled, too, crinkles forming around his eyes. "I like your posterior."
"Yours isn't too shabby, either."
"Answer the question."
"I thought I had.

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#65. When she left her room she locked the door and slipped the key into a small pocket inside her corset - no

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