| Link | Quote | Stars | Tags | Author |
| d6c5638 | His friend laughed. 'You missed your calling, Freddie,' he said. 'You should have been one of the aforementioned clergy. Is this what marriage does to you? One shudders at the very idea. | marriage romance humor witty-banter dancing-with-clara regency-romance mary-balogh regency dialogue cynicism | Mary Balogh | |
| fe8ba8b | Either way, he was always staring into a bottomless pit, or into a whirlpool that forever sucked him inexorably inward to its vortex. | metaphor romance bottomless-pit dancing-with-clara romance-hero regency-romance mary-balogh angst regency rake despair | Mary Balogh |