Top 100 Aleatha Romig Quotes
#1. What is love? Love is when one person knows all of your secrets, deepest, darkest, most dreadful secrets of which no one else in the world knows. And yet in the end, that one person does not think any less of you.
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#2. If love is without sacrifice, it is selfish. -Sadhu Vaswani BRENT
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#3. Do what you feel in your heart to be right - for you'll be criticized anyway. You'll be damned if you do, and damned if you don't. - Eleanor Roosevelt STEPPING
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#4. Take a dark journey into the minds of multiple men and learn firsthand about the man who believes that he controls everything and controls nothing.
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#7. In their figurative game of chess, Anthony Rawlings had Claire in check. Every move she made, he countered.
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#8. I looked to the clock, the one with the hands I could feel.
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#9. Maybe it wasn't what you give up - maybe it was what you receive.
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#10. This was wrong. Tony didn't want to have feelings. The sex was great. It was okay to want her, dominate her, and control her. It was not okay to want to be with her, please her, and love her. Yet every one of his senses desired Claire.
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#12. I turned off the ignition, locked my car, and stepped onto the sidewalk.
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#13. Our first time," he said, "because there will be more than one time, won't be what you deserve.
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#14. The worst thing you can do for love is deny it; so when you find that special someone, don't let anyone or anything get in your way.
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#15. I think we're all crazy. That doesn't mean that I'm leaving here today without you. My love, you're coming home.
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#16. My life hasn't been perfect, yet I've never wasted my time envying anyone else. If something wasn't the best it could be - I made it better.
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#17. For the first time in his life he'd dared to believe in happily-ever-after.He learned at a young age it was unattainable. Therefore, he'd never even tried ... until Claire.
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#18. Hope was nothing but a vindictive bastard that took up residence inside and gave a false promise of something outside of your control.
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#19. It has been said that something as small as the flutter of a butterfly's wing can ultimately cause a typhoon halfway around the world. - Chaos Theory
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#20. I was once again, Miss Alexandria Charles Montague Collins, the flawless proper lady, pretentious to the help, and people pleaser - the well-bred Southern belle who wore the mask of perfection because no one wanted to see the truth underneath.
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#21. I don't want you with anyone else. You're mine and have been for a very long time.
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#22. doesn't she hate me? It wasn't that I wanted Sara to hate me, I didn't, but she should. Backing
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#24. God, he was a beautiful son of a bitch. Not fair.
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#25. Through humor, you can soften some of the worst blows that life delivers. And once you find laughter, no matter how painful your situation might be, you can survive it. - Bill Crosby
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#26. Claire, I don't want to lose that look. I promise, I'll never demand it again ... I don't want that. I want what I have today. I'm concerned that, when all my confessions are out - it'll be gone.
Anthony
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#27. Though she knew his sins and shortcomings, she never judged. She forgave. She forgave unforgivable acts. She forgave a man who had never before been forgiven. It was more than that: she'd given him a child and a life.
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#28. Anger is not the opposite of love, for the opposite of love is indifference. To be angry is to care tremendously. - Doris Moreland Jones
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#29. You, my dear, are my drug. I'm so damn addicted. I can't quit you. I know, because I've tried, not for me, but for you. I failed miserably. The more I have of you, the more I need. I can never get enough.
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#30. Those who have trusted where they ought not,
will surely mistrust where they ought not.
-Marie von Ebnuer-Eschenbach
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#31. Putting her head back on the chair, she contemplated how she should revisit the subject without being disrespectful of his answer or lack thereof.
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#32. You're right. Your decietfulness far exceeds my modest attempts at dishonesty. I bow-down to your superior duplicity.
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#33. He recognized the difference in her touch.
Looking down into her green eyes, he said, "I need to keep working."
"No, Claire, I need to keep working to be a man you are proud to be married to.
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#34. It is not the circumstances that make a person a success. It is how that person responds to those circumstances
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#35. Tonight I would like to present you with two options:
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#36. Questions: How did this happen? How did I get here?
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#37. Theirs was a long, complicated story with a monster and a knight. What made their story unique was that these two players were the same person.
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#38. No matter how much he loved her ... his need to fulfill his promise to Nathaniel would always prevail.
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#40. This man dominated every situation. He was a man who knew what he wanted and took it.
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#41. VOID is filled with intrigue, suspense, and smoldering desire. This story will keep you turning the page until the very end.
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#43. Character wasn't about perfection. It was about wisdom and the ability to learn and change. If
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#44. Suddenly, the ice became liquid and her veins filled with the cold, condensing fluid. Her heartbeat intensified as the poor muscle attempted to pump the viscous solution.
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#45. As the tears coated his cheeks, he told himself, Anthony Rawlings doesn't cry. He doesn't apologize, and he doesn't
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#46. Anyone can give up. It's the easiest thing in the world to do. But to hold it together when everyone else would understand if you fell apart, that's true strength. - Unknown
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#47. God help me, I do care about you. Gently hugging her against his chest, he tenderly moved her hair away from her angelic face. Seeing her sleep, peaceful and trusting, his thoughts of waking
her for his desires were quickly replaced.
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#48. Remembering her words, Tony, you are mine and nobody else's, he acquiesced; he'd met his match.
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#50. You have rules to learn and penalties to experience
- Nox
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#51. How does it make you feel to not get what you expect?"
"It disappoints me. I don't like to be disappointed.
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#52. You don't marry someone you can live with, you marry the person who you cannot live without.
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#53. There is something perverse about more then enough. When we have more, it is never enough. It is always somewhere out there, just out of reach. The more we acquire, the more elusive enough becomes.
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#54. Glasses, yet to make the masquerade complete, at such a dinner there should have been wine or champagne. It
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#55. A wish, a dream, a miracle - Whatever it is, it's real.
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#56. We all have time machines. Some take us back, they're called memories. Others take us forward, they're called dreams. - Unknown
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#57. He spoke again as if he hadn't just shattered his promise and her security. Her house of glass now lay in a pile of shards.
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#58. I have made some bad decisions ... and done some things I regret in my life ... but without a doubt ... what I regret the most ... is divorcing you. If you tell me there is hope, that one day you'll be Mrs. Rawlings again, I will wait.
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#59. We shall draw from the heart of suffering itself the means of inspiration and survival.
-Sir Winston Churchill
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#60. Unfortunately, the story wasn't a novel, and it wasn't fiction.
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#61. That was years ago. I've learned my lessons well and played my role. No longer willing to be a victim, today I'm insidious.
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#63. If you don't like something, change it. If you can't change it, change your attitude. - Maya Angelou
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#65. Claire knew she was in control of her actions, she could choose to fight or complain. Her plan was for self-preservation until she was free. This had been a good old-fashioned thunderstorm, loud and boisterous but no real damage.
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#66. DREAMS, LIKE FAIRYTALES, all come to an end. We wake or turn that final page. There's no escaping it. It may take days, years, or an entire lifetime, but forever doesn't truly exist.
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#67. We wouldn't want appearances to be questioned.
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#68. Claire to Tony: I know you enjoy coffee, I'd offer you some. But, the last time I got you coffee, it didn't work out so well for me.
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#69. It made Claire feel so much better knowing that even though she'd almost died, appearances were maintained.
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#70. His words come out like a growl, "You are mine.
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#71. While I do, I'll be comforted in knowing that no one else has ever loved as completely or has been as loved, as I have been by Anthony Rawlings.
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#72. S they sat, him on the sofa and her in a chair, she added, "I know you enjoy coffee, I'd offer you some. But, the last time I got you coffee, it didn't work out so well for me."
Tony smirked, "God, Claire you're something else. I can't imagine anyone else joking about that.
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#74. Caused discomfort: more evidence that last night was real.
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#75. Life is not what it's supposed to be. It's what it is. The way you cope with it is what makes the difference.
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#76. She put her arms around his waist and looked up at his face. "I did? What did I take?"
He bent down to kiss her. She stood to meet
him halfway. His lips softly touched her lips and her neck as his hands became tangled in her hair.
"I believe it was my heart.
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#77. Does one fight when one knows she can't win? Does one protest when she knows it falls on deaf ears? Does one pray for escape, even if death is the most viable alternative? ~ Claire Nichols Rawlings
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#78. To the world you may be just one person, but to the one person you may be the world. - Mother Theresa
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#79. The ocean breeze returned, stinging his eyes, causing moisture to pool. He blinked it away before Claire could see, because ... Anthony Rawlings didn't apologize and he didn't cry ... that's the truth.
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#80. Tomorrow is a mystery. Yesterday is history. Live today, it's a gift, that's why they call it present.
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#81. In Del Mar I'd given him my heart. I knew that now, because today he'd broken it.
- Charli
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#82. I promise you, when I'm done, your ass will be sore, but others will be dead." "You're not being literal, are you?" "Yes, your ass will be sore." I
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#83. Disappointment to a noble soul is what cold water is to burning metal. It strengthens, tempers, intensifies, but never destroys it.
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#84. Mr Anthony Rawlings had a lesson to learn and Claire claimed the role as teacher.
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#85. Love and hate are very close emotions, both intense and consuming
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#86. Claire believed she was teetering literally on the edge of sanity. A strong wind was all it would take to blow her one way or the other. Iowa had its share of storms, strong winds and tornadoes, they were all unpredictable. It made an ironic parallel for her life.
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#87. As a wife you don't question. By doing as you're told, you're relieved of the responsibility of decisions.[...]It's a blessing. Don't you agree?
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#88. Lifting his head to gently kiss her lips, he whispered, "I trust you." Then he covered his own eyes with her satin mask.
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#89. If things look right on the surface the underside is rarely questioned. However, things may be great in reality, but if one perceives them to be amiss, it is difficult to change that perception.
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#90. Mr. Rawlings is a man of his word. The problem was, he made two different promises and he felt honored to keep them both. He hoped that by fulfilling one, in a different than expected way, he may have the chance to rectify the other.
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#92. I'm not throwing you away! I'm setting you free.
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#93. Would you rather leave and go back to the dark, than be here . . . with me?" I
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#94. Infiltrating the records of a state penitentiary as well as the state and federal court systems was much more fun than deciphering art. -Phil Roach
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#95. It is your strength and determination that have infuriated me. That strength and resilience has also made me fall in love with you.
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#96. What we fear is what we do not know. When something is cloaked by the darkness of uncertainty, it's a mystery. Allowing light to penetrate that darkness makes everything clear.
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#97. It is not the strongest of the species that survives, not the most intelligent that survives. It is the one that is the most adaptable to change. - Charles Darwin
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#99. Claire was the light to his dark and the right to his wrong. With her beside him, he wanted to forget everything he'd learned in prison, to forget why he was bad for her. He wanted his wife.
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#100. I don't doubt you can handle it; you've
handled so much. You've always been so strong. It's what - "
"I know - it's what infuriated you about me."
He squeezed her hand. "Yes - and it's
what made me fall in love with you.
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