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I was raised to assume that wealth and rank and privilege would be mine by right," he said painfully. "Through a combination of bad luck and bad judgment, most of those assumptions were beaten out of me. While other young gentlemen raced horses and chased opera dancers, I learned that the world grants no rights beyond the chance to struggle for survival." His mouth twisted. "In the army I was flogged, wore rags, and damned near starved to d..
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The most we can ever do is our best," she said quietly. "If worry is interest paid on troubles we haven't had yet, guilt is pain wasted on what can't be changed." "Please remind me of that regularly. I need to hear it." --
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Don't need a knife or gun or poison to break a man's heart.
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Books had been invented to salve human loneliness, and they were friends without peer, friends who never sneered or flinched or laughed behind a man's back. Books revealed their treasures to all who took the effort to seek.
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Heresy is just philosophy that the establishment doesn't approve of,
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Jack was unexpectedly moved when he swore allegiance to the king and country. He had served both for years, could easily have laid down his life. Yet it was different to pledge his loyalty and best efforts toward governing this nation. Dying was easier than making good laws.
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I don't know what you hope for in a husband, but if it is to be loved ... well, I think it would be very easy to fall in love with you.
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La mayoria de las mujeres son extraordinarias. Compensa el hecho de que la mayoria de los hombres no lo sean --solto Alys y, al instante, se mordio la lengua". (de "Pecado y virtud")"
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Children often sang, adults seldom. At what age did the singing stop?
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Mary Jo Putney |
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If I have an ambition, it's to leave the world a little better than I found it.
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Mary Jo Putney |
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I don't usually look back. When I make foolish decisions, I file the consequences under lessons learned and tell myself not to be stupid in the same way again.
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Softly he continued, "You need to ask God for forgiveness. That's His job, isn't it? To forgive imperfect humankind. You are quick to forgive others and offer them kindness. Do the same for yourself."
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behind the anger, she saw that he loved her,
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and certainly unchristian, to hate someone for the color of his skin, yet such trivial things can change the pattern of a life.
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Mary Jo Putney |
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Disdain for authority is the bedrock of my character.
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form, not the crashing waves far below at the base of the cliff. She looked eerily like the sketch that Kenneth had drawn of
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Mary Jo Putney |
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I love Christmas. A time to slow down and enjoy life and be with my family and friends. In busy years, it keeps me sane. In bad years, it makes me feel whole again.
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The only power she wanted over him was the power to make him happy. . . . She wanted them to be equal in their loving, not master and slave.
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I love you," he gasped. "For always." "And I love you," she whispered as tears filled her eyes. He rolled on his side and drew her close, his arms sheltering against the storm that pounded on London. The sky itself wept because they loved each other, and it wasn't enough. As"
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Are you still afraid of me?" He touched her fallen hair with a butterfly's delicacy. She might not have noticed that touch, except that she noticed everything he did. She closed her eyes for a moment, then opened them and met his gaze steadily. "Aristophanes said that boys throw stones at frogs in jest, but the frogs, they die in earnest. You're going to break my life into splinters, then move on without a second thought. Yes, my lord, you ..
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Mary Jo Putney |
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Michael is easier to understand--he had to believe in Caroline. To betray a friend was despicable--to acknowledge that he had done so for a woman who was utterly unworthy
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Mary Jo Putney |
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I think that marriage is always the triumph of hope over fear.
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Mary Jo Putney |
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What a pity that men couldn't find such satisfactions without killing so many of their fellows.
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Mary Jo Putney |
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Don't you care that your neighbors are suffering?" "In a word, no. The Bible says that the poor will always be with us, and if Jesus couldn't change that, I certainly can't."
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Has anyone ever pointed out that you're too clever by half?" "It's been mentioned. Why do you think I'm a spinster?"
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Mary Jo Putney |
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Gentlemen do not work. Since I do not work, therefore I must be a gentleman.
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she made a purring sound in her throat and pressed into his palm,
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Your precocity delighted everyone who met you even when you were behaving like a limb of Satan.
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listen.
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He'd known the headland was undercut from years of waves and weather, but he hadn't expected to trigger its complete collapse. Shoving the wall over had been merely an attempt to complicate the situation. He'd never imagined . . . this.
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my grandfather laid claim to all the virtues. Vice was the only thing left to me." Clare scowled at him. "The old earl has been dead for four years, and you're a grown man. Find a better excuse, or learn better behavior."
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But I'm so very glad that my resistance was futile!
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Because you loved, you promised. You must try harder to keep that promise.
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Isn't a mistress supposed to care about her lover?" she asked softly. Their glances met, and Nicholas felt something shift deep inside him, creating a moment of strange vulnerability. This woman could hurt him badly if he wasn't careful."
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Su abuela siempre le aconsejaba que no fuera demasiado explicita al formular sus deseos, porque a veces la mejor solucion es una que no se le ocurriria nunca.
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bullet wound will do." Gordon"
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Entretanto, mesmo o fogo mais ardente deixa apenas as brasas mais amenas. Bodas verdadeiras sao construidas sobre valores e interesses comuns.
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o futuro era um leque de possibilidades, nao apenas uma trilha unica e inalteravel. Contudo, das trilhas, umas eram bem mais provaveis do que outras, e algumas eram tao provaveis que pareciam quase impossiveis de se evitar. Nesses casos, a palavra usada era destino.
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Para um homem, a mulher e como uma pintura ou uma estatua classica. Ele escolhe uma e leva para casa, esperando que combine com a mobilia existente la.
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Aristophanes said that boys throw stones at frogs in jest, but the frogs, they die in earnest. You're going to break my life into splinters, then move on without a second thought. Yes, my lord, you terrify me.
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Trees can grow from tiny cracks in stony cliffs, Kate. This may be a very small crack indeed--but it's a beginning.
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I see why they call you Lady Alys," he said with a mocking humor. "Managing an estate, several businesses, and children as well. You are an extraordinary woman." "Most women are extraordinary. It compensates for the fact that most men aren't"."
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Clare's dark brows arched. "How can one piece of wood be more moral than another?" "The mace saves a lady from bending over and exposing her ankles to whatever depraved males are present," he explained."
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Things have been going wrong for years. Only desperation could have driven me to seek the aid of a reprobate like you." Seeing the mischievous gleam in her eyes, he said promptly, "At least that is turning out well. Look at the splendid opportunity for Christian martyrdom that I'm giving you."
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